A Welcoming Congregation
What it means:
Unitarian Universalism congregations extend a warm welcome to Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender (BGLT) people and their families. We are a caring, open-minded spiritual community that encourages you to seek your own spiritual path. Our congregations are places where people gather to nurture their spirits and put their faith into action by helping to make our communities - and the world - a better place.
We believe that our first principle, respecting "the inherent worth and dignity of every person," applies equally to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Unitarian Universalism has intentionally reached out to BGLT people and their families. Our Welcoming Congregations have completed a program to enhance their welcome of all people.
Unitarian Universalism is one of the few religions that ordains openly Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender people. Our BGLT clergy participate fully in our faith community as pastors in some of our largest congregations.
We also work to protect the civil and legal rights of BGLT people and families across the country. Unitarian Universalists have been at the forefront of the same-sex marriage debates, advocating for the right for each person to marry the partner of his or her choice.