Victim blaming 101: Hey, 5 year old kid. People are going to tease you for being you. Instead of using your quirks as a learning experience, we are going to remove YOU so as to avoid discussing things with which we are uncomfortable, and to avoid teaching children compassion. On a side note... When did children's toys…

From wikipedia:The defining belief of Unitarian Universalism is that religion is a matter of individual experience, and that, therefore, only the individual can decide what to "believe." The roots of this belief can be found in the Unitarian insistence on freedom of personal conscience in matters of faith. As a…

There are Christians within UUism. However, we are not a Christian faith. Also, as an ethical nonmonogamist, I can tell you that any "married" poly families I know were either "married" in a UU church or at a Pagan gathering.

I have to explain to people all the time that I am actually a religious person. I have heard similar statements about Reform Judaism and Buddhism not being "real" religions. *facepalm*

Duh, UUs don't mandate belief in the divinty of Christ, so they aren't really a religion. ;-)

I would recommend your post 532 times if I could!!

There is at least one non-Christian denomonation that will marry same-sex couples. Unitarian Universalists occasionally even perform polyamorous marriages.

Where is God, Vishnu, Athena, Flying Spaghetti Monster, or some other divine being? Certainly CNN should've had the sense to ask about divine annihilation of the plane. Seems plausible to me.

Intrepid Dad, please STFU and homeschool your kid or put her in a private religious school if you're gonna get your big boy panties in a wad over some words on a piece of paper.

Brooke Birmingham is BEAUTIFUL, saggy skin and all. It takes way more confidence than I possess to rock a bikini at all. I wouldn't wear a bikini as a size 2, pre-baby. The haters can all go to hell.

I consider myself fortunate to be a SAHP for a multitude of reasons, one of which you just explained perfectly. I feel it is long past time gender issues in child development were part of the curriculum for Early Childhood associate's degrees.

Aside from flowery t-shirts and pink leggings because we're poor and take what is handed down to us, we do not force gendered stuff on our daughter. I refuse to dress my daughter in anything that would hinder her movement, so nothing is stopping her from being rough and tumble "like little boys." No Barbie, no G.I.…

I understand why they are raising their kids that way. Going so boldly against social convention is difficult. Being an ethical nonmonogamist is enough social convention bending for me and my family to handle. I have utmost respect for Storm's parents.

The friend I mention in a thread on this post identified as trans, and she was born intersex.

Then you're demisexual. High five, me too!

As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto. About a toddler whose circumcision went terribly wrong. He was the victim of some horrific psychological and gender experimentation. He was raised as a girl. This book really messed with my seemingly enlightened ideas about sex and gender.

A friend of mine was born around 1965 with ambiguous but somewhat male-like genitalia, and was raised as a boy. She hit her 20s and learned the truth about her body and realized the voice that tormented her all her life was right- she was not a boy. Her story opened my eyes to so many questions about gender and…

The last 3 sentences of the last paragraph really piss me off... seriously, hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the animated graphics interchange format? I thought Jez was "above" perpetuating myths about marginalized groups, or making a mockery of said marginalized groups. Sigh.

The Craft single-handedly made middle and high school suck for me as a Pagan because most of my classmates thought all Pagans were psycho evil people who made out with snakes and thought they could fly.

One of my best friends died a few years back from a heroin overdose. His Facebook wall was bombarded with messages from heartless assholes, saying things like, "Dude. You dumb fuck. Why did you do something stupid? One less stupid person shooting up now! Hope they have dope in hell." I am paraphrasing, but many of the…