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Non-Denominational Ordination, Universal Life Church, ULC Church

Non-Denominational Ordination on the Rise

March 13, 2013

Category: Universal Life Church

Tag: non denominational ordination ULC Church universal life church

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British Prime Minister David Cameron, gay marriage, same sex weddings

Universal Life Church Thanks David Cameron on Supporting Gay Marriage

December 11, 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced controversial plans to allow gay weddings to be performed in British churches. Photo credit: Matt Dunham, AP.

Category: Universal Life Church

Tag: Church of England David Cameron gay marriage gay weddings same sex weddings

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Atheist Group Sues Internal Revenue Service For Not Enforcing U.S. Tax Code

November 20, 2012

Pastors across the U.S. want the Internal Revenue Service to give them the right to preach politics from the pulpit.

Category: Religious Law

Tag: Freedom From Religion Foundation Internal Revenue Service IRS Johnson Amendment Pulpit Freedom Sunday

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Pennsylvania marriage laws

Introduction to Pennsylvania Marriage Laws

November 7, 2012

Pennsylvania's marriage laws are such that Universal Life Church ministers are occasionally denied permission to perform weddings there.

Category: Wedding Laws

Tag: marriage law Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Marriage Act Pennsylvania marriage law universal life church

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Robert Seals: Universal Life Church minister and founder of the Chico Goddess Temple

Threat of Litigation Causes California Officials to Renege Ruling Against Universal Life Church Minister

November 6, 2012

Universal Life Church minister and Klean Kanteen inventor Robert Seals is facing community pushback against the land use at his place of worship, the Chico Goddess Temple.

Category: Religious Law

Tag: Butte County California Chico Goddess Temple Robert Seals ULC

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ULC ordination legal in South Carolina

ULC Court Cases: South Carolina Attorney General Opinions

November 5, 2012

The ULC ordination is legal in South Carolina, as two attorney general opinions from the 1970's proves.

Category: Religious Law

Tag: court cases legal precedent South Carolina South Carolina Attorney General ULC

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Medi-Share Christian insurance plan ordered to close

Christian-only Insurance Plan Must Cease, Judge Rules

November 1, 2012

A Kentucky Circuit Court judge has ruled that a Christian-only insurance plan will be closed. Read on to find out why.

Category: Religious Law

Tag: Bible Belt Christian insurance Christianity health insurance Kentucky

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ULC Court Cases: Universal Life Church v. State of Utah

October 31, 2012

Utah passed the Internet Statute in the 2001 legislative session and it immediately began to have a discriminating effect on Universal Life Church ministers in that state.

Category: Uncategorized

Tag: court cases ULC universal life church Universal Life Church legal Universal Life Church ministers

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Ordained ministers who get ordained with the ULC can perform weddings in Kentucky

ULC Court Cases: 1978 Kentucky Attorney General Opinion

October 23, 2012

Kentucky attorney general Robert Stephens re-affirmed that the ULC's ordination is recognized in his state in a letter written in 1978.

Category: Wedding Laws

Tag: ordained minister ordination ULC universal life church Universal Life Church minister

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Courthouse draped in LGBTQ rainbow.

Court Ruling against DOMA Receives Seattle Pastor's Approval

October 22, 2012

Manny Santiago, a Baptist pastor from Seattle, has claimed that DOMA discriminates against churches as well as same-sex couples.

Category: Wedding Laws

Tag: Defense of Marriage Act DOMA Edith Windsor Equal Protection Clause Manny Santiago

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