Faith Leaders' Letter On The Unitarian Universalist Assocation's Bullshit Blasphemous Libel Accusation

We're off to parody Peter, the blunderful President of U*Us. . .

MoonDay aka U*U Day September 30, 2013
aka International Blasphemy Rights Day

Dear UUA Trustee:

As leaders of faith communities and organizations comprising millions of people from all walks of life across The Land Of The Free and The The Home Of The Brave, we are deeply concerned by the completely avoidable blasphemous libel crisis that The U*U Movement is fast approaching as "a tiny, declining, fringe religion".

Though the Unitarian Universalist Ass. felt that it absolutely MUST falsely accuse The Emerson Avenger of the archaic crime of blasphemous libel, this Lance Armstrong style legal bullying, which seeks to intimidate *The* Transcendentalist Super Hero into "memory holing" a few blog posts about a few UU pedophiles and rapists, to say nothing of blog posts criticizing Peacebang's Big Fat U*U Sodomy Fantasy. . . belongs to EVERY Unitarian Universalist aka member in The U*U Movement. This shameful and hubristic legal bullying, financed with The Tiny Declining Fringe Religion's tiny declining tithing revenues, is designed to make Big Fat U*U Lies sound Truthful and "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" respectable, and to give an appearance of Big Fat U*U Solidity to pure unadulterated bullshit aka Big Fat U*U Wind. How will such immoral and unethical behavior by "less than honest" UUA leaders and "less than perfect" U*U clergy affect the overall well-being, and long-term ethical values of your Big Fat U*U Society? As people of faith we find it morally irresponsible for The U*U Movement to blockade the process by which The Emerson Avenger provides for your tiny declining fringe religion’s shared needs for information about U*U injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy, not too mention some well deserved slaps upside the head. . . We deplore the UUA's Big Fat U*U Bid to force this ever so individualistic Transcendentalist Super Hero to shut up.

It would likewise be reckless** aka audacious, brash, breakneck, carefree, careless, daredevil, daring, desperate, devil-may-care, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, heedless, helter-skelter, hopelessly hotheaded, ill-advised, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, kooky, madcap, mindless, negligent, overventuresome, playing with fire, precipitate, rash, temerarious, thoughtless, uncareful, (misad)venturesome, (misad)venturous, wild to propel *The* Tiny Declining Fringe Religion into moral bankruptcy by refusing to formally withdraw the false and hubristic blasphemous libel accusation that the Peter Morales administration has already approved. Stonewalling The Emerson Avenger, or defaulting on the Tiny Declining Fringe Religion’s moral and ethical commitments, is likely to diminish your fragile credibility, punish upper middle class U*Us, and deeply harm your most vulnerable abusive clergy.

UUA democracy, indeed ANY democracy, rests on principles of reason, compromise, and a commitment to the common good. To hold your Big Fat U*U Governance Processes and religious credibility hostage to incredibly narrow Big Fat U*U Priorities is not only dangerous to Tiny Declining Fringe Religion’s near-term well-being, it threatens the very foundations of The U*U Movement's use of the democratic process and Unitarian Universalists' Big Fat U*U Capacity to live benighted in The U*U Movement.

We ask that UUA Trustees share their Big Fat U*U Concerns through the proper U*U Movement governance channels. It ill serves your Tiny Declining Fringe Religion and members in The U*U Movement to stand in the way of correcting Big Fat U*U Operational Blunders or raising the Crass Ceiling in an effort to block implementation of restorative justice for ALL victims of UU clergy abuse that the UUA duly but fraudulently pledged 13 "less than lucky" years ago. We ask that Unitarian Universalist leadership of both parties* stand strong in opposing efforts to allow the will of the few U*Us who are serving and protecting abusive U*U clergy, including a few U*Us who are in fact guilty of engaging in "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape", to say nothing of threatening and defamatory conduct amounting to sexual harassment of Republicans, to threaten the common good of The Uncommon Denomination.

We commit to keeping you in prayer, asking that God continue to give U*Us wisdom and and The Emerson Avenger to continue teaching U*Us lessons, as you U*Us "less than faithfully" serve our "religion" during this time when the U*U World most needs your "less than principled" leadership.

* It depends upon what the meaning of the word "parties" is. . .

** Notes: feckless  means ineffective or having no real worth or purpose; reckless  means marked by unthinking boldness or with defiant disregard for danger or consequences whereas rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences


Sincerely,

Ruth Messinger
President
American Jewish World Service

Rev. David Beckmann
President
Bread for the World

Dr. Lester A. Myers
President
Center of Concern For U*U Concerns

Dr. Sharon Watkins
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Rev. John L. McCullough
President and CEO
Church World Service

Dr. Jack Sullivan
President
Disciples Justice Action Network

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rev. Linda Hanna Walling
Executive Director
Faithful Reform in Health Care

Sister Margaret Magee, OSF
President
Franciscan Action Network

Diane Randall
Executive Secretary
Friends Committee on National Legislation

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
President
Interfaith Alliance

Dr. Sayyid Syeed
National Director
Islamic Society of North America

Rabbi Steve Gutow
President
Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Sister Janet Mock, CSJ
Executive Director
Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Fr. Tim Mulroy, SSC
U S. Regional Director
Missionary Society of St. Columban

Salam Al-Marayati
President
Muslim Public Affairs Council

Sr. Gayle Lwanga Crumbley, RGS
National Coordinator
National Advocacy Center of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

Jack Payden-Travers
Director
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
Peg Birk
Transitional General Secretary
National Council of Churches

Nancy Kaufman
Chief Executive Officer
National Council of Jewish Women

Sister Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Sister Patricia Chappell
Executive DirectorPax Christi USA

Rev. Gradye ParsonsStated Clerk
Presbyterian Church USA

Rev. Kip B. Banks
Interim General Secretary
Progressive National Baptist Convention

Rabbi David Saperstein
Director
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Sister Patricia McDermott, RSM
President
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Rev. Jim Wallis
President
Sojourners

Rev. Peter Morales
President Unitarian Universalist Association  

Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz President
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Rev. Geoffrey Black
General Minister and President United Church of Christ

Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo
Executive Minister, Justice and Witness Ministries
 United Church of Christ

Bishop Peter D. Weaver
Executive Secretary, The Council of Bishops The United Methodist Church

Shan Cretin
General Secretary American Friends Service Committee

Comments

Anonymous said…
So, I suppose if I email all of "the undersigned" they will confirm they signed on to this poorly written rant? Somehow, I'm doubtful...
Robin Edgar said…
What part of -

We're off to *parody* Peter, the blunderful President of U*Us. . .

did you FAIL to understand?

As far as this "rant" being poorly written goes, I only made minimal changes to the original letter which was no doubt written by a committee. . .