Suzanne Morse

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How MAGA's anti-empathy campaign upends Christian morality (RNS) — Throughout history, Christianity has been bent into strange shapes to suit someone’s need for power.

OPINION: How we feel about empathy itself has become part of the political argument, especially as the administration clamps down on immigration.

https://religionnews.com/2026/02/12/how-magas-anti-empathy-campaign-upends-christian-morality4244897/ 

US Capitol Police arrest demonstrators, including many clergy members with the group Faith in Action, as they hold a prayer protest against funding for ICE and DHS ahead of a possible government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

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Maine clergy form spiritual 'shield' outside workplaces to protect immigrants from ICE (RNS) — Like religious leaders in cities such as Minneapolis, Chicago and elsewhere, local clergy were quick to muster resistance to the rapid influx of immigration enforcement agents, even as they wr...

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business.

They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift.

Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

UUA President Arrested During D.C. Protest Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joined other religious leaders at U.S. Capitol Complex to protest Homeland Security budget.

From UU World - UUA President Arrested During D.C. Protest

Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joined other religious leaders at U.S. Capitol Complex to protest Homeland Security budget.

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In a Show of Moral Clarity, UUs Join ‘ICE Out’ Demonstrations in Minneapolis Clergy and laypeople traveled from other states for a day of multifaith public witness and action.

UUs answered the call by the hundreds, joining other people of faith to march, sing & pray in Minneapolis on Friday, sending a powerful, unified message: Love is greater than ICE.

Get pictures and first-person accounts in this story from UU World. www.uuworld.org/articles/min...

#IceOut #UU

Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE (RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.

It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

I believe their priest is the pope.

‘Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis Classrooms have emptied, shops have shut, and the mood is tense – but as the federal operation has ramped up, so has residents’ response

From @theguardian.com - Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis

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In the neighborhood where Renee Good was killed, a pastor keeps patrolling for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — ‘There’s no option for me,’ said the Rev. Ashley Horan during a neighborhood patrol. ‘It is my responsibility to care for my neighbors in this way.’

NEW from me: Yesterday, I rode along with an ICE observer patrolling the same neighborhood where Renee Good was killed.

It only took a few minutes until Rev. Horan, who is a Unitarian Universalist minister, spotted suspected ICE vehicles. religionnews.com/2026/01/14/i...

'She could have been any of us': Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — 'It's all just too much, but my faith requires me to show up,' said the Rev. Dana Neuhauser.

From @jackjenkins.me at @rns.org - 'She could have been any of us': Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis

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Minneapolis clergy exposed to pepper-spray after rushing to scene of deadly ICE shooting (RNS) — ‘There was a request for clergy to show up’ at the scene, said one Minneapolis minister. ‘I was out the door.’

NEW from me: At least two clergy were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of in Minnesota after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...

Welcome 2026

Infographic. Headline reads: “People from diverse religious traditions have come together in public support of trans, nonbinary, and intersex communities.” On the left, text reads “1,042,” with the caption “Signers as of December 8, 2025.” In the center is a dark blue silhouette map of the United States labeled “50 STATES + D.C.” with text noting support from every U.S. state and Washington, D.C. On the right is a globe icon with text reading: “International support, including signers from Canada.” Below, a section titled “30 Faiths Represented” lists examples including African Methodist Episcopal (AME), American Baptists, Buddhists, Catholic, Humanists, Lutherans, Methodists, Muslim, Nondenominational Christian, Reformed, Sufi, Swedenborgian, and more. Another section states: “34% of signers are clergy from across denominations.” At the bottom left is the text “UUA.org,” and at the bottom center is the UUA flaming chalice logo with the words “Unitarian Universalist Association.”

Faith communities are often portrayed as uniformly opposed to trans, intersex, & nonbinary people. The response to a recent landmark interfaith statement tells a different story — with 1,000+ people of faith and major religious leaders speaking out. Read more & add your voice: https://bit.ly/4qjrlNk

This Patriots fan appreciates the Eagles coming through.

An image of the sun setting over the beach and ocean in winter.

That's a wrap on Christmas Day.

Image of the sun setting over the ocean.

Winter Solstice 2025

In addition to directing some of the most beloved films of our youth, I'm thinking of how Rob Reiner introduced many members of Generation X to the music of the 50s and early 60s (Stand by Me soundtrack) & the great American songbook (When Harry Met Sally soundtrack). Incredible cultural legacy.

Bad Medicine—How Secretary Kennedy Is Jeopardizing LGBTQ Lives | Opinion If, by his own admission, Kennedy cannot give competent medical advice, it is time he put his energy toward making health care available to more Americans, not fewer.

By @samames.bsky.social and @adrianshanker.bsky.social at @newsweek.com -Bad Medicine—How Secretary Kennedy Is Jeopardizing LGBTQ Lives www.newsweek.com/bad-medicine...

Came across them in 2022 (in Boston's Snowport holiday market) and was really tempted to buy them.

Yvonne Abraham approaches this story with compassion and asks important questions about the way our criminal justice system addresses those with mental health challenges. It's very much worth reading.

From @eocieslik.bsky.social at @washblade.bsky.social - "Faith leaders denounce anti-transgender attacks; ‘You are holy. You are sacred. We love you.’"

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www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/02/f...

Community members, groups rally around neighbors in need amidst SNAP crisis Businesses, volunteer groups, and community members across the region have stepped up in a big way to lend a hand to those who are facing food insecurity, especially now. Although the Trump adminis…

Amid the SNAP crisis, MA local news highlighted how faith communities are rising to meet the moment.

Rev. Wil Darcangelo of First Church Unitarian in Lancaster shared how kids from a neighboring church filled their little free pantry.

Read the story at bit.ly/4i8YyYP
#UU #FoodJustice

Square graphic featuring a quote on a white-to-gray gradient background above a colorful Progress Pride flag. The text reads: “Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people are vulnerable today… Our faiths, our theologies, and our practices of prophetic witness call on us to say with one voice: YOU ARE HOLY. YOU ARE SACRED. WE LOVE YOU. WE SUPPORT YOU.” Beneath the quote, a small gray text box reads “Interfaith Statement in Support of Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People, Nov. 12, 2025.” The UUA flaming chalice logo appears in black over the Progress Pride flag, and “http://UUA.org ” is centered at the bottom in a dark blue rectangle.

UU President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joins faith leaders across traditions in proclaiming: transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are holy, whole, and worthy of love. Together, we call out the misuse of religion to justify harm.

www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...

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From @uua.org's blog, In Good Faith - UUs Are Helping During the SNAP Crisis:

"But people’s vulnerability is everyone’s responsibility, so how we support to the extent that we can the people in need is a direct implication of what it means to keep love at the center.”

www.uua.org/pressroom/in...