Comments on: United Church of Christ Debates Marriage Equality http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/united-church-of-christ-debates-marriage-equality/ The blog of Frederick Clarkson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: rchaffee http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/united-church-of-christ-debates-marriage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-116 rchaffee Sat, 28 May 2005 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=131#comment-116 The real tragedy is that the UCC, as inheritor of the Congregational Way practiced by the Pilgrims (those of the Mayflower), will lose credibility and any chance to influence the discussion about the intent and beliefs of the founding fathers. The duplicity of the neo-christian false claim to authority on the christianist principles of the writers of the constitution will only continue to gain strength.<br/><br/>Any opportunity to use any public attention that may be drawn to the UCC as an opportunity to speak out on this issue is imperative. . . . The real tragedy is that the UCC, as inheritor of the Congregational Way practiced by the Pilgrims (those of the Mayflower), will lose credibility and any chance to influence the discussion about the intent and beliefs of the founding fathers. The duplicity of the neo-christian false claim to authority on the christianist principles of the writers of the constitution will only continue to gain strength.

Any opportunity to use any public attention that may be drawn to the UCC as an opportunity to speak out on this issue is imperative. . . .

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