PEORIA -- Those who despair when they see the right wing bias and politics of religious groups now have an alternative, the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
This new group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of the month at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria, 3000 Richwoods Blvd.
The organization is promoting progressive values from a religious perspective, from single payer national health care to social responsibility and the creation of loving and caring relationships and families.
The Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun magazine chairs the national organization. Dave Weiman, former Peoria ACLU president, is the Peoria chapter coordinator.
Weiman can be reached via email or by phone at 309/264-3561.
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