Rev. Munro Sickafoose Of The Unitarian Congregation Of Taos Viciously Kicks The UUMA Board And Executive In Their Big Fat U*U Balls!
In this comment that the Rev. Munro Sickafoose of the Unitarian Congregation of Taos, New Mexico, posted in response to this UUMA Facebook post about the UUMA Board and Executive's censure of the Rev. Todd Eklof for his rather pesky book 'The Gadfly Papers':
This is a shameful document that will be remembered as (a) low point in our history! Orthodoxy by fiat is not the UU way.
This censure does not represent me and many other ministers - and I believe the signers are in violation of UUMA covenants in ways far more egregious than anything Rev. Eklof did.
Apparently the 4th Principle is now a bludgeon to silence dissenting opinions. And this censure does not honor one of the sources that inspires and guides many of our congregations: Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.
If our leadership can't affirm and promote our values, principles, and sources, perhaps they should resign and make room for those who will.
And having said that, I offer the signers the chance to come back into covenant with our guidelines, our principles, and our traditions.
They might start with an apology to Rev. Efklof and the withdrawal of this travesty of a document. And then start listening and trying to address the real issues dividing us instead of spinning, shaming, and silencing.
This is a shameful document that will be remembered as (a) low point in our history! Orthodoxy by fiat is not the UU way.
This censure does not represent me and many other ministers - and I believe the signers are in violation of UUMA covenants in ways far more egregious than anything Rev. Eklof did.
Apparently the 4th Principle is now a bludgeon to silence dissenting opinions. And this censure does not honor one of the sources that inspires and guides many of our congregations: Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.
If our leadership can't affirm and promote our values, principles, and sources, perhaps they should resign and make room for those who will.
And having said that, I offer the signers the chance to come back into covenant with our guidelines, our principles, and our traditions.
They might start with an apology to Rev. Efklof and the withdrawal of this travesty of a document. And then start listening and trying to address the real issues dividing us instead of spinning, shaming, and silencing.
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