One Nation, Under God? Or One Nation, Under U*U "Theocracy"? U*Us Decide. . .
In yet another hilarious example of Unitarian*Universalist self-parody the Advocacy & Witness Staff Group of the Unitarian*Universalist Association of Congregations aka the UUAWO has posted the following announcement titled 'One Nation, Under God' to their 'Inspired Faith, Effective Action' weblog aka blog -
The staff of the Washington Office, Kat, Lisa, Grace, Alex, Alida, and I, met each other at 10:30 this morning in front of the White House for our weekly theological reflection. We all agreed that the White House looked different this morning. It looked more approachable.
We opened with words from Barack Obama’s Springfield speech when he announced his candidacy. A speech which ended with: “Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this earth.”
We shared what Sen. Obama’s victory meant for us personally, our communities, our nation, and the world. We were all emotional. Alida shared a snippet she had heard a man say on NPR, “Martin walked so Obama could run so our children could fly.”
We all agreed that progressives, especially spiritual progressives, have much work to do. We committed to working in coalition, to having patience, to being welcoming.
We then took the time to dream. We envisioned what our perfect union would look like. We articulated a vision that included excellence in education, access to health care, marriage equality, just immigration reform, reduction in our military expenditures, an end to the Iraq war, a green economy, no border walls, protection of women’s right to choose, and much more.
Knowing that this future will not be handed to us, we each took responsibility for helping build such a future. With this commitment in the forefront of our minds, we closed our theological reflection by reciting the pledge of allegiance while standing directly in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. All of us recited it loudly and proudly as dozens of tourists milled about us.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Here is the comment that I just submitted in response to this wonderful satire. The UUAWO assures me that my comment "will be visible after approval". . .
Does the UUAWO's "weekly theological reflection" have anything to do with the study of God Adam? If not perhaps you can henceforth refer to it as your "weekly philosophical reflection" or indeed "weekly political reflection".
"We opened with words from Barack Obama’s Springfield speech when he announced his candidacy. A speech which ended with: “Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this earth.”"
Well opening your "weekly theological reflection" with words from a Barack Obama speech isn't exactly going to help him to play down his apparently unwanted "messiah" image is it?
"we closed our *theological reflection* by reciting the pledge of allegiance while standing directly in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. All of us recited it loudly and proudly as dozens of tourists milled about us."
That must have been a sight to see. Did you capture it on video perchance? And to think that U*Us accuse Republicans of wanting to impose a theocratic state. . .
The staff of the Washington Office, Kat, Lisa, Grace, Alex, Alida, and I, met each other at 10:30 this morning in front of the White House for our weekly theological reflection. We all agreed that the White House looked different this morning. It looked more approachable.
We opened with words from Barack Obama’s Springfield speech when he announced his candidacy. A speech which ended with: “Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this earth.”
We shared what Sen. Obama’s victory meant for us personally, our communities, our nation, and the world. We were all emotional. Alida shared a snippet she had heard a man say on NPR, “Martin walked so Obama could run so our children could fly.”
We all agreed that progressives, especially spiritual progressives, have much work to do. We committed to working in coalition, to having patience, to being welcoming.
We then took the time to dream. We envisioned what our perfect union would look like. We articulated a vision that included excellence in education, access to health care, marriage equality, just immigration reform, reduction in our military expenditures, an end to the Iraq war, a green economy, no border walls, protection of women’s right to choose, and much more.
Knowing that this future will not be handed to us, we each took responsibility for helping build such a future. With this commitment in the forefront of our minds, we closed our theological reflection by reciting the pledge of allegiance while standing directly in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. All of us recited it loudly and proudly as dozens of tourists milled about us.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
end quote
Here is the comment that I just submitted in response to this wonderful satire. The UUAWO assures me that my comment "will be visible after approval". . .
Does the UUAWO's "weekly theological reflection" have anything to do with the study of God Adam? If not perhaps you can henceforth refer to it as your "weekly philosophical reflection" or indeed "weekly political reflection".
"We opened with words from Barack Obama’s Springfield speech when he announced his candidacy. A speech which ended with: “Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this earth.”"
Well opening your "weekly theological reflection" with words from a Barack Obama speech isn't exactly going to help him to play down his apparently unwanted "messiah" image is it?
"we closed our *theological reflection* by reciting the pledge of allegiance while standing directly in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. All of us recited it loudly and proudly as dozens of tourists milled about us."
That must have been a sight to see. Did you capture it on video perchance? And to think that U*Us accuse Republicans of wanting to impose a theocratic state. . .
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