Massachusetts Church Cancels Traditional July 4th Celebration “To Better Understand Our Own Whiteness”
2nd June 2026
In Nantucket, there is an interesting conflict between churches after the Nantucket Unitarian Universalists (NUU) canceled its traditional celebration. In a letter from the church and the Rev. Erin Splaine of the Second Congregational Meeting House Society, residents were told the traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence would be canceled to better focus on the “on-going process within the congregation to better understand our own whiteness.”
Said ‘whiteness’ appears to be in remission.
June 2nd, 2026 at 17:13
When I saw Massachusetts in the headline I just knew it would be UU.