Editing Religion and sexuality (section)

====Unitarian Universalism====
Several [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalist congregations]] have undertaken a series of organizational, procedural, and practical steps to become acknowledged as a "[[Unitarian Universalism and LGBTQ persons#Welcoming Congregation|Welcoming Congregation]]": a congregation which has taken specific steps to welcome and integrate gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) members. UU ministers perform [[same-sex unions]] and now [[same-sex marriages]] where legal (and sometimes when not, as a form of civil protest). On June 29, 1984, the Unitarian Universalists became the first major church "to approve religious blessings on homosexual unions."<ref>{{cite news |title=AROUND THE NATION; Unitarians Endorse Homosexual Marriages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/29/us/around-the-nation-unitarians-endorse-homosexual-marriages.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 1984 }}</ref>

Unitarian Universalists have been in the forefront of the work to make same-sex marriages legal in their local states and provinces, as well as on the national level. Gay men, bisexuals, and lesbians are also regularly [[ordained]] as ministers, and a number of gay, bisexual, and lesbian ministers have, themselves, now become legally married to their partners. In May 2004, [[Arlington Street Church (Boston)|Arlington Street Church]] was the site of the first state-sanctioned same-sex marriage in the United States. The official stance of the UUA is for the legalization of same-sex marriage—"Standing on the Side of Love." In 2004 UU Minister Rev. Debra Haffner of [[The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing]] published ''An Open Letter on Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality'' to affirm same-sex marriage from a multi-faith perspective. In December 2009, Washington, DC Mayor [[Adrian Fenty]] signed the bill to legalize same-sex marriage for the [[District of Columbia]] in [[All Souls Church, Unitarian (Washington, D.C.)]].

[[Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness]] is a group within Unitarian Universalism whose vision is "for Unitarian Universalism to become the first [[polyamory|poly]]-welcoming mainstream religious denomination."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uupa.org/index#mission|title=Our Mission|website=Uupa.org|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918233548/http://www.uupa.org/index#mission|archive-date=2017-09-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>