The Unitarian Universalist Association, one of the most liberal denominations on the American religious scene, is reeling from the revelation that the unemployed man who police say opened fire at a member church in Tennessee Sunday cited contempt for liberals and gays among a long list of grievances that motivated his attack.
Dozens of Unitarian Universalist congregations around the nation have held candlelight vigils, including one Monday night in Copley Square, and the denomination's bloggers have written much about the shooting, which took place during a children's performance of "Annie." Two people were killed and several others wounded.
Police have arrested a 58-year-old unemployed man, Jim David Adkisson, who has a history of abuse and alcohol problems and five ex-wives, the most recent of whom was a member of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church....
