Planned Parenthood Founder Was Not a Unitarian Universalist But She Had a lot of Unitarian Universalist Friends
"When I started this sermon, I assumed Margaret Sanger had been a Unitarian because we have claimed her as one of us. Yet, there is no record of her ever having become a member of one of our congregations and we seem to be stretching facts when we claim her. Never the less, she spoke in many of our Churches, had many close Unitarian Universalist friends, and a large number of Unitarian Universalist congregations and members supported her cause then as we do now."
from a sermon by Rev Charles J. Stephens of UUCWC that discusses Margaret Sanger founder of Planned Parenthood.
"The reproductive rights movement, as I see it, is about preaching the radical message that people, and women in particular, are trustworthy moral agents. It is about saying, "Yes." Women do know what they're doing. They do know how to best lead their lives, and they should be trusted with those important decisions."
from a sermon "Sharing a Journey" from Lisa Sargent published by the Starr King School for the Ministry -- the Unitarian Universalist School of the Graduate Theological Union.
"... she began publishing 'The Rebel Woman', with the motto 'No Gods, No Masters'..."
from yet another sermon by Rev. James R. Bridges of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Poconos on Margaret Sanger. But alas the link at UU Poconos is broken [http://www.uupoconos.org/files/Margaret_Sanger.pdf] ...
Found a primary source excerpt which shows intent "... Powerful as the master class is depicted to be, owing to the apparent acquiescence and ignorance of its victims, it is inherently in a weak and dangerous position. For its very life it now depends upon the divisions and delusions which from time to time sway the working class. And these divisions and delusions are fostered and maintained by paid writers, scientists and politicians, aided by a venal press."
Timeless no? ...
So a replacement for now of the sermon is the primary source -- Margaret Sanger, "No Masters," Aug 1914. Published article. Source: The Woman Rebel, Vol. 1, No. 6, August 1914, 47 , Margaret Sanger Microfilm C16:561 at NYU of course
The primary source noted above is from a project at NYU this linke jumps to the biographical sketch and there is lots of other information on the site...
"Dr. Vosburgh departed from the widely held belief by physician in those days that women's purpose in life was to have babies. One physician suggested that women be defined as "a uterus surrounded by a supporting organism and a directing personality... Their refusal to be pregnant was clearly pathological."
from one more sermon: "Our Fight for Mother's Reproductive Rights" Rev. Samuel Trumbore.
Sometimes collecting links to sermons on the great interdependent web feels like collecting sea shells...
from a sermon by Rev Charles J. Stephens of UUCWC that discusses Margaret Sanger founder of Planned Parenthood.
"The reproductive rights movement, as I see it, is about preaching the radical message that people, and women in particular, are trustworthy moral agents. It is about saying, "Yes." Women do know what they're doing. They do know how to best lead their lives, and they should be trusted with those important decisions."
from a sermon "Sharing a Journey" from Lisa Sargent published by the Starr King School for the Ministry -- the Unitarian Universalist School of the Graduate Theological Union.
"... she began publishing 'The Rebel Woman', with the motto 'No Gods, No Masters'..."
from yet another sermon by Rev. James R. Bridges of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Poconos on Margaret Sanger. But alas the link at UU Poconos is broken [http://www.uupoconos.org/files/Margaret_Sanger.pdf] ...
Found a primary source excerpt which shows intent "... Powerful as the master class is depicted to be, owing to the apparent acquiescence and ignorance of its victims, it is inherently in a weak and dangerous position. For its very life it now depends upon the divisions and delusions which from time to time sway the working class. And these divisions and delusions are fostered and maintained by paid writers, scientists and politicians, aided by a venal press."
Timeless no? ...
So a replacement for now of the sermon is the primary source -- Margaret Sanger, "No Masters," Aug 1914. Published article. Source: The Woman Rebel, Vol. 1, No. 6, August 1914, 47 , Margaret Sanger Microfilm C16:561 at NYU of course
The primary source noted above is from a project at NYU this linke jumps to the biographical sketch and there is lots of other information on the site...
"Dr. Vosburgh departed from the widely held belief by physician in those days that women's purpose in life was to have babies. One physician suggested that women be defined as "a uterus surrounded by a supporting organism and a directing personality... Their refusal to be pregnant was clearly pathological."
from one more sermon: "Our Fight for Mother's Reproductive Rights" Rev. Samuel Trumbore.
Sometimes collecting links to sermons on the great interdependent web feels like collecting sea shells...
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