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Mission Statement
Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness
(UUPA) has as its Mission to serve the Unitarian Universalist Association
and the community of polyamorous people within and outside the UUA by providing
support, promoting education, and encouraging spiritual wholeness regarding
polyamory.
DEFINITION
UUPA defines polyamory as the philosophy and
practice of loving or relating intimately to more than one other person
at a time with honesty and integrity. UUPA advocates for any form of relationship
or family structure -- whether monogamous or multi-partner -- which is
characterized by free and responsible choice, mutual consent of all involved,
and sincere adherence to personal philosophical values.
INTENTIONS
To provide support:
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for UU members and friends considering relationship choices;
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through networking among polyamorous identified UUs;
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for polyamorous-identified UU religious professionals and
ministerial students;
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through outreach of Unitarian Universalism to the broader
polyamorous community continentally;
To promote education:
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to provide educational materials on polyamory for Unitarian
Universalist congregations and the general public;
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to provide information and guidance to parents, teachers,
and otherchild-related adults regarding the ability
of polyamorous families to provide happy and healthy
home lives for their children;
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to serve as a resource to UU religious professionals as they
learn to minister to polys;
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to promote dialogue between polyamorous and non-polyamorous
people for the purpose of improving understanding;
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to emphasize the importance of personal relationships and
social justice;
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to encourage respect, honesty, consensuality, commitment,
mutuality, justice, pleasure, and love in all relationships;
To encourage spiritual wholeness:
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to celebrate the goodness of creation, including our bodies
and our sexuality;
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to promote recognition that sexuality is central to our humanity
and integral to our spirituality;
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to reconcile and integrate various multi-partner relationship
choices, whether sexual or non-sexual, with theological perspectives and
spiritual needs;
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to promote full inclusion of polyamorous identified UUs in
congregational life.
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