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Steven E. Clapp, the head of Christian Community Inc., was found dead on May 15 in what has now been ruled a suicide. Clapp and his nonprofit were recently in the news following the disappearance of funds belonging to the Rev. Debra Haffner’s Religious Institute and other organizations [...]

The San Jose Mercury News talks to Tim DeChristopher, the environmental activist and UU who submitted false bids on oil and gas leases, as he serves his two-year prison sentence and looks forward to a future career in ministry. (San Jose Mercury News – 5.4.12, uuworld.org – 3.7.11)

Zach Wahls, every UU parent’s dream, was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he discussed his new book, My Two Moms, and a new project he is working on called Out to Dinner. The 20-year-old Iowa UU gained internet fame in 2011 after a video [...]

Zach Wahls is in the media spotlight once again. The 20-year-old Iowa UU who gained internet fame after a video of his testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee about the normalcy of his two-mom family went viral, recently appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to talk [...]

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern visited First Parish UU in Northborough, Mass., to honor the Rev. Judith Wright. At the event, McGovern presented Wright with the flag that flew over the Capitol in Washington, D.C., when she delivered the opening prayer at the U.S. House of Representatives as guest [...]

Beginning in late April, the Woodinville, Wash., UU Church will host the homeless encampment Tent City 4 for 90 days. (CBS Local – 4.9.12)

Tawnya Safer reflects on participating in the Spectrum Sleep Out, where she and 44 others slept outside of the First UU Society of Burlington, [...]

The phone system at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, Ill., was hacked in November, resulting in a $27,000 phone bill for the congregation. The church disputed the fraudulent charges, and now AT&T is crediting the account for the entire amount. Watch a short news video about the [...]

Sabine Bartlett, a 16-year-old Somerville, Mass., resident who was raised UU, leads an ABC News story about children with transgender parents. (ABC News – 3.27.12)

An Indiana newspaper has published two lengthy follow-ups to UU World‘s story about the disappearance of funds belonging to the Rev. [...]

Thanks to eco-friendly practices, the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minn., saved more than $16,000 last year and won the EPA Energy Star Battle of the Buildings competition in the House of Worship category. (TCDaily Planet – 3.22.12)

The First Universalist Society of Franklin, Mass., is using new solar panels to [...]

The Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester (UK) is the first religious building in England and Wales to be granted a license to perform religious civil partnership ceremonies. (BBC – 3.9.12, Guardian – 3.10.12, Pink News – 3.12.12)

(See also, “Quakers, Liberal Judaism and Unitarians welcome gay [...]