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<\/a>Yesterday evening the Reverend Peter Morales<\/a> of Golden, Colorado, was elected the eighth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He is the first person of Hispanic heritage to hold the office. <\/p>\n
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I supported Dr Laurel Hallman\u2019s bid for the presidency. And a scant few hours following the announcements of the results I still have some sense of mourning clinging to my heart. But, I repeatedly said, and genuinely believe, we had been blessed with two formidable candidates for the office and no matter how it turned out our Association would be well served. <\/div>\n
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This evening Jan & I will be joining with other delegates and attendees at this year\u2019s Salt Lake City General Assembly to install Peter as our president.<\/div>\n
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I look forward to his term of office and will do what I can to assure it will be a success. I look forward to our next steps together as the principal expression of liberal religion in North America\u2026<\/div>\n
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