{"id":1879,"date":"2007-08-14T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/08\/unitarian-universalists-seeking-high-office\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:15:35","slug":"unitarian-universalists-seeking-high-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/08\/unitarian-universalists-seeking-high-office.html","title":{"rendered":"Unitarian Universalists seeking High Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s been quite a while since there\u2019s been a UU American president. Actually a U, if one squints one can count four Unitarians who\u2019ve occupied the nation\u2019s highest elective office. And if at the same time one is squinting one turns their head to the side, five. The last, however, was William Howard Taft. Which might be why we\u2019ve come up short on the list for a while\u2026<\/p>\n

But now a Unitarian Universalist has thrown his hat in for the Democratic nomination. Frankly Mike Gravel\u2019s run is a quixotic one. Personally he\u2019s not even on my list of possibles (My head currently is going with Hillary, my heart with Barack\u2026).<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s a grand example of how the principles of liberal religion can inform public life. And I\u2019m proud that Senator Gravel is a Unitarian Universalist.<\/p>\n

Mike Gravel at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Mike Gravel\u2019s official campaign site<\/a><\/p>\n

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