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		<title>Day 19: Addressing Systemic Inequalities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Friday, February 3, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


Recently while browsing around the Internet, likely procrastinating instead of studying, I came across the “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 18: Interfaith Webinar &#8211; The Only Secure Community is the Beloved Community</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-18-interfaith-webinar-the-only-secure-community-is-the-beloved-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-18-interfaith-webinar-the-only-secure-community-is-the-beloved-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susan Leslie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Thursday, February 2, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


Following the passage of SB1070 in Arizona, the spread of copycat bills around the country, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 17: A Day to Help Teachers Combat Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-17-a-day-to-help-teachers-combat-bullying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-17-a-day-to-help-teachers-combat-bullying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


Combating bullying is not simple, and has no easy fix. Bullying-related suicides, especially of LGBT-identified young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 16: Turn the Tide on Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendments</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-16-turn-the-tide-on-anti-lgbt-constitutional-amendments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-16-turn-the-tide-on-anti-lgbt-constitutional-amendments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


Every once in a while, a group of people does something so loving that it moves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Now in North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-story-of-now-in-north-carolina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-story-of-now-in-north-carolina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Tuesday January 31, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.


Here in North Carolina, we’ve had much to draw upon as we journey through the Thirty Days of Love.  We now enter the third week of the campaign – the “Story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 15: Proclaim Love</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-15-proclaim-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Monday, January 30, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.

As I’ve watched the presidential campaign season unfold around me these past few weeks, I can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 14: Love is My Higher Power</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-14-love-is-my-higher-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-14-love-is-my-higher-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Sunday, January 29, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


In a moment of candor between a professor and myself several years ago, he said to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 13: Sharing a Common Meal; Finding Common Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-13-sharing-a-common-meal-finding-common-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-13-sharing-a-common-meal-finding-common-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Saturday, January 28, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


I have always felt like sharing a meal is one of the most important and powerful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: The Only Secure Community is the Beloved Community</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/webinar-the-only-secure-community-is-the-beloved-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/webinar-the-only-secure-community-is-the-beloved-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Friday, January 27, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.
I&#8217;d like to invite you to be part of a real secure community.
To me, we find security in each other&#8217;s open arms, in seeking shoulders to lean on instead of backs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 12: The Standing on the Side of Love Campaign in this Moment in Time</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-12-the-standing-on-the-side-of-love-campaign-in-this-moment-in-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-12-the-standing-on-the-side-of-love-campaign-in-this-moment-in-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Friday, January 27, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.

Standing on the Side of Love is about to celebrate its third anniversary. Over these past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 11: Occupy the Present: Change the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-11-occupy-the-present-change-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-11-occupy-the-present-change-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[collective visioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Stout]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Thursday, January 26, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.
&#8220;If you can imagine a better world, you can make one.&#8221; &#8211; Linda Stout

I’m excited to take part in the Collective Visioning webinar today at 5pm. The webinar is hosted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 10: Lift Up A Story of Courageous Love</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-story-of-courageous-love-for-your-inspiration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-story-of-courageous-love-for-your-inspiration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.



Hi,
My name is Leilani and I stand on the side of love. But there was once a time in my life that I didn&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t know exactly what sparked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean City, Maryland: Home of Religious Bigotry?</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/ocean-city-maryland-home-of-religious-bigotry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/ocean-city-maryland-home-of-religious-bigotry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.


Today, as part of our Thirty Days of Love, we are talking about Community. Well, there’s something happening in my home — Maryland — that I know you’ll agree is something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UUA is Hiring LGBT Ministries Program Coordinator</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/uua-is-hiring-lgbt-ministries-program-coordinator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/uua-is-hiring-lgbt-ministries-program-coordinator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11101</guid>
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The UUA is hiring an LGBT Ministries Program Coordinator in our Washington Office to build the capacity of Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations and leaders to advocate, witness, and organize effectively for LGBT justice and equity at the local, state, and national levels; to represent appropriately the Unitarian Universalist Association in public witness, championing LGBT justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 9: Occupy Community</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-9-occupy-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-9-occupy-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


An interesting thing happened as I began to craft today’s daily message about the challenges we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week: The Story of Us</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/this-week-the-story-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/this-week-the-story-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Monday, January 23, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.


Now that we have taken some valuable time to examine the Story of Self, this week we enter into the next phase of our 30 Days of Love: The Story of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 8: Understanding Who We Are and What Motivates Us</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-8-understanding-who-we-are-and-what-motivates-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-8-understanding-who-we-are-and-what-motivates-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/?p=11049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Monday, January 23, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


Welcome to our second week of National Standing on the Side of Love Month! Our theme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 7: Gather to Discuss Story of Us, Story of Now</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-7-gather-to-discuss-story-of-us-story-of-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-7-gather-to-discuss-story-of-us-story-of-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Sunday, January 22, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


So many UU congregations have invigorated their social justice programs using the Standing on the Side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Us &amp; Now in Oak Ridge, TN</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-story-of-us-now-in-oak-ridge-tn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-story-of-us-now-in-oak-ridge-tn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Saturday, January 21, 2012 to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.
On January 10, this was one of the things on my &#8220;to-do&#8221; list: &#8220;Write Susan Leslie — community organizing resources.&#8221; As you probably know, Susan&#8217;s the Director of Congregational Advocacy at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 6: Examine Your Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Saturday, January 21, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.



Love is not concerned
with whom you pray
or where you slept
the night you ran away
from home.
Love is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 5: Inspiring Others Through Our Own Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Friday, January 20, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.



   With my dog, Joni, in 1997.

I came out of the closet in 1994, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UU&#8217;s Protest New, Anti-Gay Michigan Law</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/uus-protest-new-anti-gay-michigan-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Standing on the Side of Love,
Michigan UUs were part of a &#8220;Gay Families Matter&#8221; rally January 18th on the steps of Michigan&#8217;s Capital in Lansing. The Standing on the Side of Love Banner, brought by UUs from the First UU Congregation in Ann Arbor, was up front and center as part of this rally.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 4: Ask Yourself: What Do You Struggle With?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Thursday, January 19, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.

For a number of reasons, lately, I spend a lot of time worrying about money. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking Off 30 Days of Love in the Spirit of Dr. King</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/kicking_off_30_days_of_love_in_mlk_spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks from across the nation brought messages of love to Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a variety of ways this week. Congregations ranging from the UU Fellowship of Beaufort, South Carolina, to the UU Congregation of Woodstock, Illinois, to the Anchorage UU Fellowship incorporated Standing on the Side of Love themes into their Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy The Present, Change the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/occupy-the-present-change-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/occupy-the-present-change-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. You can sign-up for these emails here.

I have been reflecting on the question I’ve heard several times recently from friends, activists and donors: “How can you hold on to hope when things are so bad?”
I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 3: Embrace Silence and Listen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.

&#8220;Occupying space is not inherently bad, it&#8217;s all about who and how and why.&#8221; 
&#8211;Julian Padilla [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 2: Ponder Love</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-2-ponder-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.

&#8220;Polish your heart for a day or two; make that mirror your book of contemplation.&#8221; &#8211;Rumi

Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fitting Day to Begin 30 Days of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-fitting-day-to-begin-30-days-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-fitting-day-to-begin-30-days-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Monday, January 16, 2012. You can sign-up for these emails here.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” 
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1: Honoring the Love of Dr. King</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/day-1-honoring-the-love-of-dr-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out on Monday, January 16, 2012 to those Standing on the Side of Love supporters who signed up for daily Thirty Days of Love emails. You can sign-up for the 30 Days of Love emails here.


What better anchor for our Thirty Days than a celebration of the ministry of Rev. Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Craig Roshaven: Protesting the Unlawful Detention &amp; Torture of Guantánamo Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/rev-craig-roshaven-protesting-the-unlawful-detention-torture-of-guantanamo-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/rev-craig-roshaven-protesting-the-unlawful-detention-torture-of-guantanamo-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, January 12, 2012 marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay prison.  I, along with hundreds of other activists assembled outside the White House on a cold and rainy day to witness against the continued operation of this shameful symbol of torture and unlawful detention. 

171 wore orange jumpsuits with black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m ready. Are you?</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/im-ready-are-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Friday, January 13, 2012. You can sign-up for these emails here.
&#8220;Love takes off the mask we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.&#8221; &#8211; James Baldwin
I’m diggin’ the Thirty Days of Love, and it hasn’t even started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vets &#8216;Eat In&#8217; to Support Vandalized Iraqi Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/vets-eat-in-to-support-vandalized-iraqi-restaurant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a boulder was thrown through the front window of the Babylon Restaurant in Lowell, MA, in the middle of the night. This week, the restaurant was crowded to overflowing thanks to a spontaneous “Eat In&#8221; organized by local Veterans for Peace leader and Unitarian Universalist Pat Scanlon. At the Eat In, Veterans for Peace members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLK Jr. Day Inspiration from Rochester, MN</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thought you would inspired by the video below from the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Rochester, MN, the 2011 recipient of the UUA Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action. Their congregational projects include the formation of a forty-five person Standing on the Side of Love (SSL) Rapid Response Team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Jay Leach: My Forthright Dialogue with Lowes Executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Lowe&#8217;s pulls ads from Muslim show, draws fire.”  
This was the headline of a December 11 article appearing in the Charlotte Observer.  Some variation of that headline appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and in print media outlets throughout the nation.
The Observer article explained explicitly: “The retail giant stopped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can We Deepen and Broaden Our Work?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/how-can-we-deepen-and-broaden-our-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. You can sign-up for these emails here.
This past fall marked the third year for the Standing on the Side of Love Campaign and my twentieth year serving the Unitarian Universalist Association.  In all my time of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Dr. King Taught Me in Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Thursday, January 5, 2012. You can sign-up for these emails here.

Just weeks before I met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the first time, I said goodbye to New York City and thumbed my way to All Souls Unitarian Church in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Washington Gov. Gregoire Announces Sponsorship of Marriage Equality Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/video-washington-gov-gregoire-announces-sponsorship-of-marriage-equality-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington  Governor Christine Gregoire announced today that she will sponsor a  bill to extend the ability to marry to same-gender couples in her state.
&#8220;Our gay and lesbian families face the same hurdles as  heterosexual families &#8212; making ends meet, choosing what school to send  their kids to, finding someone to grow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kūpono Kwong: Celebrating in Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-rev-dr-jonipher-kupono-kwong-celebrating-in-paradise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/the-rev-dr-jonipher-kupono-kwong-celebrating-in-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fireworks went off at midnight.  But as soon as the clock struck 12:01 on January 1, 2012, four couples and three ministers (I was proud to be the first officially registered officiant) were busy typing away to register for the first time using the Hawaii Department of Health&#8217;s new online system to obtain Civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Congress: Use Your Power to Help Our Indonesian Christian Neighbors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Thursday, December 22, 2011. You can sign-up for these emails here.
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My name is Seth Kaper-Dale.  I have co-pastored a church in Highland Park, NJ with wife wife since 2001.  For the past 10 years I have witnessed the tremendous suffering of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Chicago Cardinal George: We Are Not the KKK</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/tell-chicago-cardinal-george-we-are-not-the-kkk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We here at Standing on the Side of Love are incensed at comments made on Fox Chicago Sunday by Cardinal Francis George, which we first read about on Towleroad.com.
Apparently, Chicago&#8217;s Pride Parade may be re-routed this year in a way that has it passing by a local Catholic parish, which might disrupt its Sunday mass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thirty Days of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/thirty-days-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You can sign-up for these emails here.
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Next week, I’ll head to Cape Cod to celebrate Christmas with my fiancé and my in-laws.  I’m excited that the holiday will overlap with Hanukkah and I will bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UU Fellowship of San Dieguito Responds to Vandalism</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/uu-fellowship-of-san-dieguito-responds-to-vandalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, sometime in the early morning hours on Friday, December 9th, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito in Solana Beach was vandalized with spray paint and what was apparently intended to be hateful words. It is unclear whether the person or persons who did this meant these words to be specifically against Unitarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Holiday Offer From Beacon Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

It is easier than ever to give to both friends and make a charitable donation this holiday season, all while saving a few dollars:
When you order any book from Beacon Press online at www.beacon.org by December 31st, these three things will happen:
1.	You will receive 10% off your order.
2.	You will receive free standard shipping*.
3.	Beacon Press will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shoulder to Shoulder in Support of All American Muslims</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/shoulder-to-shoulder-in-support-of-all-american-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/shoulder-to-shoulder-in-support-of-all-american-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In Support of All American Muslims
Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; Rabbi Marc Schneier, Founder and President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding; Imam Mohamed Magid, President, Islamic Society of North America;
Submitted on behalf of Shoulder-to-Shoulder: Standing with American Muslims; Upholding American Values, a campaign of 27 national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Family Responds with Love in Face of Homophobic Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/gay-family-sends-their-love-in-face-of-homophobic-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/gay-family-sends-their-love-in-face-of-homophobic-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janice Daniels, the new mayor of Troy, Michigan, has been under fire in recent weeks after a homophobic status update was discovered on her Facebook page.
“I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there,&#8221; she was quoted as saying.
Though the comment was posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;All American Muslim&#8221; Controversy is a Call to Action</title>
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		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/all-american-muslim-controversy-is-a-call-to-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organized American Islamophobes have risen.  This time, their demonization of American Muslims is focused on calling for an advertiser boycott of the reality show &#8220;All-American Muslim,&#8221; which chronicles the lives of a group of Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan.
The show is far from radical. Writes New York Times reviewer Mike Hale:
As it turns out, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Shattered Families&#8217; Need Our Voices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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This post was contributed by Mark Maginn, member of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church Immigrant Task Force.
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The members of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church Immigrant Task Force Shattered Families Subcommittee came together, inspired to do something after digesting the Shattered Families Report produced by the Applied Research Center. The report finds that, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Smart about ALEC:  Standing on the Side of Love in Arizona Demonstrates, Learns, and Gets Ready for Future Advocacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Tom Marcinko and the Standing on the Side of Love at Vally UU Congregation in Chandler, AZ Team
Photos courtesy of Suzi Spangenberg
A low-profile but influential national right-wing group found itself in the public spotlight this week, thanks in part to yellow-shirted Standing on the Side of Love (SSL) volunteers from Unitarian Universalist congregations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Jackson, Meet Occupy Philly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Famed civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson stopped by Occupy Philly this week to start a discussion about bringing more diversity to the Occupy Movement. While he was there, he asked our own Rev. Peter Friedrichs to lead an interfaith group in prayer before the press conference. Check out the video here.
Rev. Jackson came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Toolkit: How You Can Help Stop Deportations</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-toolkit-how-you-can-help-stop-deportations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-toolkit-how-you-can-help-stop-deportations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. You can sign-up for these emails here.
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I am excited to share with you a new way to help you stand on the side of love with immigrant families.  The Interfaith Immigration Coalition, a national partnership of faith-based [...]]]></description>
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