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		<title>Terrorist babies? What’s next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The art of leadership. . . consists in consolidating the  attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing  will split up that attention. . . . The leader of genius must have the ability  to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.” —Adolf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inching closer to the American Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column is to be published in the UUFHC newsletter in September.
We have an opportunity, we citizens of the United States, an opportunity that we passed up nine years ago. We can inch a little closer to the American dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all. We can expand our collective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty Jeanne Rueters-Ward reflects on how her time in Phoenix intersected with her work in anti-racist education and national movement building
Betty Jeanne, Linda Wells, Gini Courter and Susan Leslie
It’s been a month since I left Arizona. Of all the blessings I experienced there, the greatest was witnessing the spirit of partnership among those working for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where were you when they started burning the Quran?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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A couple of weeks ago, the Standing on the Side of Love campaign asked us to urge President Obama to take a stronger stand for religious freedom.  This week, a coalition of faith groups echoed this message when they met with the Justice Department to encourage the Obama administration to take a more public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Big Fat Straight Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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I am married! My wife, Meredith Schonfeld Hicks, and I were wed on August 8th at my family’s cabin in Ely, Minnesota. It was the most amazing weekend of my life. We organized an entire weekend of fun complete with a Greek themed rehearsal feast, an afternoon BBQ, nighttime bonfire and karaoke, guided outdoor activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urge President Obama to Remain Steadfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past few weeks, anti-Muslim voices have become deafening. In some cases, these same voices are the ones casting aspersions against immigrants, LGBT people, and people of color. Thankfully, several prominent individuals have spoken out in support of religious freedom, including family members of those who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and conservatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What it means to be Standing on the Side of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was called to bear witness to my faith&#8217;s ideals of  compassion and the inherent worth and dignity of all people in Phoenix,  AZ.
Wearing a bright yellow Standing on  the Side of Love t-shirt, I prayed, walked, marched, and was even  arrested with many Unitarian Universalists and other individuals who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSL joins rally for marriage equality in Washington, D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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With the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-LGBT group, headed to our nation’s capitol, the Standing on the Side of Love campaign joined a rally this past Sunday in support of marriage equality in the District of Columbia and across the country. The event was a big success from the point of view of media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate a tremendous victory for love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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What a tremendous week!  On the heels of last week&#8217;s groundbreaking federal court ruling overturning Prop. 8, Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that &#8220;defendants and all persons under their control or supervision shall cease to apply or enforce Proposition 8&#8243; on 18 August at 1700 local time.&#8221;   
There is a very real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from my time in Maricopa County Jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
Last week, as I blocked the entrance to the Maricopa County jail awaiting inevitable arrest, I was reminded what my mother would tell me as a little girl when I asked her about God.  Quoting the Gospel of John, she said, &#8220;God is Love.&#8221;  And as those who were arrested by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interning on the Side of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telling my friends where I was working for the summer took some explaining: “Standing on the Side of Love” is a pretty vague name, and Unitarian Universalism isn’t the easiest concept. When asked, “So what do you do at that internship of yours?” my default answer became, “Social justice work.”
One day, when the internet went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on my experience in Arizona last week: My arrest, what happened, why I chose to be arrested and my hopes for the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An open letter to Universal Unitarians &#8211; Standing on the side of Love

I have been a member of the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara since April 2010. I have attended at least a dozen UU Churches in various parts of the country since 1997. I was a member of the Morristown Society briefly before moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confused, Sad and Proud: White Solidarity in the Fight Against SB1070</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a white, United States citizen who was involved in a massive demonstration against Arizona’s new law SB1070. I spent $400, three vacation days from work and 13 hours of travel time to link arms with thirty strangers, block one downtown intersection, ignore three police warnings, and be taken to jail in a paddy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raleigh Marches on the Side of Immigrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members from Eno River UU Fellowship in Durham, North Carolina and The Community Church of Chapel Hill, UU carried the Standing on the Side of Love banner on Thursday 7/29 in Raleigh in honor and support of those from the Thomas Jefferson District who traveled to Phoenix to represent us.
The list of people who traveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the events of July 29-31 from Rev. Paul Lanston-Daley, Glendale, AZ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know, and I think can safely say we all agree, the immigration system is broken, badly broken.
How to fix it is the question. Getting the facts helps. Being undocumented is NOT A CRIME, it is the equivalent of a speeding ticket. So, not only are human being not illegal, but people crossing the border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Report on SB 1070 Solidarity Actions in Louisville, Kentucky</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UUs in Louisville, KY, including the Rev. Dawn Cooley of First Unitarian Church, joined in an event called “People Not Profiles: Kentucky Says NO to Arizona’s Unconstitutional Law” on July 29. Sponsored by over a dozen Louisville social justice organizations, the campaign kicked-off with a protest rally that was followed by a street theater action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Thoughts on Protest and Arrest in Arizona, from Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer of Kent, Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/first-thoughts-on-protest-and-arrest-in-arizona-from-rev-melissa-carvill-ziemer-of-kent-ohio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My deep gratitude goes out to everyone who has been part of our efforts here in AZ. I sing praises to Puente and the Catalyst Project and the Ruckus Society and the Standing on the Side of Love team. I sing songs of joy for the members of the local UU congregations who provided so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Larger Sound, Voice by Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The struggle is long and hard.  I wonder, will my presence make a difference?  I am in Phoenix as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau in Garden City, New York.  I am also a volunteer at Cabrini Immigrant Services in Chinatown in New York City, which provides social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Protest Implements Quarantine on Racist Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Here in Minnesota, the protest at the State Capitol was led by Native American activists, who drummed and danced to reclaim their sacred land.  One speaker said, &#8220;For many of us, it&#8217;s not that we crossed the borders.  It&#8217;s that borders crossed us!&#8221;
About ten folks identified with Standing on the Side of Love, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Phoenix and the Need for Basic Human Dignity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear SSL,
I have settled down after much adrenaline continued to pump through my veins after an emotional and exhilarating couple of days in Phoenix.  I don’t want to recap or do a play-by-play but I feel compelled to relay some thoughts on this experience.
I can’t begin to express how humbling it is to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing on the Side of Love Participates in Day of Non-Compliance Against SB 1070</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/standing-on-the-side-of-love-participates-in-day-of-non-compliance-against-sb-1070/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 29th, the Standing on the Side of Love campaign joined immigrants and their families, civil rights and labor groups, and other faith organizations in Phoenix, Arizona speaking out and bearing witness to the injustice that led to SB 1070.

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		<title>Community Holds a Solidarity Vigil in Denver</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/community-holds-a-solidarity-vigil-in-denver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/community-holds-a-solidarity-vigil-in-denver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was submitted by Kelly Dignan.
Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado held a vigil on July 29, 2010 to stand on the side of love with those in Arizona affected by the anti-immigrant law SB 1070 and our culture that dehumanizes undocumented immigrants.

Faculty, students and members of the community gathered to build an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UUs Arrested July 29th, 2010 &#8211; National Day of Non-Compliance</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/uus-arrested-july-29th-2010-national-day-of-non-compliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following were arrested on July 29th during non-violent civil disobedience in response to SB1070. Many have been arraigned and released. Some are awaiting arraignment as we speak. Please hold them and their families, as well as all who were arrested (total 83) in your thoughts and prayers. And give them a big THANK YOU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An update from Orelia Busch on ENDA</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/an-update-from-orelia-busch-on-enda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday Orelia Busch, SSL activist, UUA Legislative Assistant for Women&#8217;s Issues, was arrested by District of Columbia police for participating in a sit-in protest at the U.S. Capitol.
Since the fall of 2009, I have listened to promises and timelines for the passage of the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), and I have seen them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A prayer for those arrested in protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a prayer we received from Rev. Leela Sinha in coastal Maine.  Thank you for standing on the side of love in solidarity.
May you be whole and well tonight;
may your presence move hearts, open doors, break chains, and sound a call for freedom,
the golden torch that calls us to integrity as a people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A reflection on solidarity actions in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/a-reflection-on-solidarity-actions-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the day yesterday, people gathered outside of the Maricopa County jail house for a candlelight vigil to stand in solidarity with the 83 people who were arrested in protest of the racist anti-immigrant law SB 1070 and the culture that dehumanizes undocumented immigrants.  
Many of those present wore their yellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev Frederick-Gray offers a few comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev Frederick-Gray offers a few comments as she&#8217;s being removed by police.

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		<title>Judge’s ruling on Arizona’s SB 1070 is a call to action</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-on-arizona%e2%80%99s-sb-1070-is-a-call-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday an Arizona judge placed an injunction on parts of Arizona’s racist immigration law, a move that temporarily blocked some of the most oppressive components of SB 1070. This is a clear victory for love, and a welcome outcome.  As a result of the ruling, Arizona law enforcement will not enforce several of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yesterday: Non-compliance Action Takes Place in Downtown Phoenix: &#8220;STOP THE HATE&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/yesterday-non-compliance-action-takes-place-in-downtown-phoenix-stop-the-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on AltoArizona.com

This afternoon in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, four brave protestors took unannounced action to send a message against hate. The protestors climbed a 20-story construction crane, walked out on its arm and dangled hundreds of feet above the ground to reveal a huge banner denouncing 287(g) and SB 1070.
Crowds gathered below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona protesters arrested</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/arizona-protesters-arrested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>SSL participates in Interfaith Worker Justice wage theft action</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/ssl-participates-in-interfaith-worker-justice-wage-theft-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/ssl-participates-in-interfaith-worker-justice-wage-theft-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Paul Langston-Daley
West Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Glendale, Arizona
I walked into the door at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix and was immediately dispatched by SSL Campaign Manager Dan Furmansky to an Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) action.  I joined Suzi Spangenberg from Berkeley and we drove to Mesa to Waldo’s BBQ Joint, where a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Immigration Law: Why I&#8217;ll be in Phoenix Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/arizona-immigration-law-why-ill-be-in-phoenix-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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By Rev. Peter Morales
President, Unitarian Universalist Association

This piece originally appeared on The Huffington Post
Thousands of people will gather in Phoenix tomorrow, July 29th, to protest the scheduled implementation of Arizona&#8217;s harsh new anti-immigrant bill, SB 1070.  The law&#8217;s provisions require sweeping changes to current statutes regulating everything from vehicle impoundment to warrantless arrests.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to Arizona, Ready for Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in Arizona things are gearing up.  My fiancé and I drove back from the east coast – 36 hours straight- to be here for the Day of Non-Compliance and other events. We returned early from vacation to act with hundreds of others gathering in Phoenix to protest the unjust and racist law, SB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Law Is An Inhumane Overreach</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/immigration-law-is-an-inhumane-overreach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Josh Pawelek shares his reasons for standing on the side of love with immigrant families.  This piece originally appeared in the Hartford Courant. 
After praying long and hard, I have decided to go to Phoenix to add my voice to the growing chorus of protest against Arizona&#8217;s tough new immigration law. Barring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I stand with immigrant families</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/why-i-stand-with-immigrant-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday Carolina Kawarik, a Member of Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Chandler, Arizona, was arrested while protesting Arizona&#8217;s anti-immigrant law SB 1070.  When Carolina was asked why she committed civil disobedience, this was her response:
I have been asked why I committed civil disobedience recently.
Being a UU calls me to many things, but most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wear Your Papers on July 29th</title>
		<link>http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/wear-your-papers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1985, I was sitting in a sidewalk cafe in Zagreb in what was then Yugoslavia, talking with a young local woman. We had been sitting there for a while, and this was apparently suspicious behavior, because eventually an armed man in uniform (I don&#8217;t know if he was police or military &#8212; or if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join me in solidarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Dear Friends,
Earlier this month, we asked you to come to Arizona to stand witness in the face of the draconian immigration law set to go into effect on July 29th.  More than 100 of you volunteered to make the journey to join me for the National Day of Non-Compliance.  
This week, U.S. District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Cleveland churches stood on the side of love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to let you know how the UU Churches of Greater Cleveland stood on the side of love during this years Gay Pride Parade.  I&#8217;ve been attending the Pride parade almost every year since my husband and I were called as co-ministers to the West Shore Unitarian Universalist church.  Every year we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Me Out to the Ball Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I didn&#8217;t actually go to the game, I went to the Anaheim Angels Stadium where this year&#8217;s All Star Game was being played, to be part of a protest with about 100 other people.  We were not protesting baseball at all. Some of us are pretty avid ball fans.  Our signs and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A call for help from Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. You can sign-up for these emails here.
Dear Friends,
My refrigerator is covered with pictures of family, friends, children, library receipts and my son&#8217;s artwork.  However in Arizona, parents who are undocumented are clearing their refrigerators and placing prominently on them a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. Sign-up for these emails here.
Dear Friends,
I am so honored to serve as the new Campaign Manager of Standing on the Side of Love!  Here &#8211; with all of you &#8211; is an incredible place to be.
This tremendous movement speaks directly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Parting Offering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message below went out to Standing on the Side of Love supporters. Sign-up for these emails here.
Dear Friend,
On Sunday, as the Unitarian Universalist Association&#8217;s General Assembly was coming to a close, a woman approached me and said: 
&#8220;What you&#8217;ve done with this campaign has made a huge difference in people&#8217;s lives. I&#8217;ve learned that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Disobedience in NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Karlson is minister at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island. 
The Unitarian Church of Staten Island that I serve has focused many of its Standing on the Side of Love services on immigration this year—inviting speakers from the Liberian and Sri Lankan communities, and from organizations like El Centro del Inmigrante and Make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesting Racism in Prescott, AZ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Brasswell is the Director of Religious Education at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Prescott, AZ
A perfect storm of racist behavior happened in Prescott, AZ this week.  First, a mural being done on the outside of Miller Valley school depicting a Latino, black and white student caused a firestorm when the artists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>500 Unitarian Universalists march to Kick Off “Freedom Summer” in Phoenix</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray is minister at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix.
It brought tears to my eyes as Unitarian Universalist ministers, UUA staff and lay people from all over the country began arriving at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix on Friday night.  The next day, May 29th, we would join with tens of thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection on the May 29th National Day of Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Paul Langston-Daley is a UU minister in Arizona.
From the dust of the Arizona desert, we will rise…Today, I feel blessed. Blessed and honored to be a Unitarian Universalist, to be a member of the clergy and to know that the values I hold are indeed echoed by tens of thousands. I had been feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On My Feet in the Phoenix Heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 22:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Meg Riley is Campaign Director of the Standing on the Side of Love Campaign and a Minnesota resident.
It’s hot here in Phoenix for this Minnesotan, though the locals say it’s just “warm”—mid nineties.  Still, spirits are high as people gather from across the nation to protest Arizona Bill 1070.
The folks from Arizona are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing with Immigrant Families in Philadelphia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, local leaders and immigration reform activists gathered at the U.S.
Constitution Center in Philadelphia to rally for the restoration of exclusive federal authority to enforce immigration laws. They were protesting an Arizona-type immigration law recently introduced in the PA State Senate.

Rev. Nate Walker of First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia said the following about the rally:
&#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Out of the Closet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Dear Friends, 
After centuries of being forced into the closet, gay, lesbian and bisexual service members are on the verge of breaking out this year. 
Just last night, lawmakers reached a compromise that could pave the way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhode Island faces Arizona-type legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A piece of legislation, H 8142, has been introduced in Rhode Island that is designed to harass and punish undocumented immigrants.
It criminalizes an administrative violation. It makes undocumented entry into the U.S. a crime. This has always been an administrative issue that results in deportation. Under this bill, the first conviction is a class one [...]]]></description>
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