[Lekooks] Calling all Friends of Faith and Conscience
Gerflak at aol.com
Gerflak at aol.com
Fri Jan 20 09:55:21 CST 2017
I added my name to it.
Gerry Flakas
In a message dated 1/20/2017 9:52:13 A.M. Central Standard Time,
lekooks at lekook.org writes:
The UU Service Committee is asking for UUs to consider signing on to a
Declaration of Conscience (see below) to affirm our core values in the face of
potential discrimination by the new administration.
phil
Phil Smith
W318 S4121 Highview Rd
Waukesha, Wi 53189
cell 262 719 1542
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----- Original Message -----
From: _Tom Andrews, UUSC_ (mailto:info at uusc.org)
To: _psmith16 at wi.rr.com_ (mailto:psmith16 at wi.rr.com)
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 2:12 PM
Subject: Calling all Friends of Faith and Conscience
An invitation to declare your commitment.
(http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/2017-01-18/gpmm6/68084223)
(http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223) Dear Phil,
We’re writing with what we expect is the same urgent sense of concern you’
re feeling about the results of the presidential election and what will
follow. Based on the many conversations we’ve had with each other, people of
our communities, our partners, and those most likely to face looming
threats, we’ve concluded that in these extraordinary times we must be united in
purpose to protect the values of our democracy and those vulnerable
populations among us.
To that end we have undertaken an unprecedented degree of coordination
between the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee. There is a sense of urgency, and a need for vigilance.
And there is clarity that we must act, not alone, but together. We need
everyone—including you, your congregation, your friends, and your colleagues.
As a first step, we have prepared a _Declaration of Conscience_
(http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223) stating
in the strongest possible terms our commitment in these troubling times. By
signing the declaration, individuals and congregations will be affirming
our core values and declaring our willingness to put them into action.
Please read it and, with your signature, join us in standing on the side of
love, protecting the most vulnerable among us, and defending core values that
are under attack.
We will be vigilant of administration actions, policies, and verbal
assaults that undermine the principles of our declaration or disparage,
threaten, or attack innocent people. We will respond by speaking truth to power and
mobilizing support for those who are under siege. To be successful, your
support and that of your congregants will be critical.
This is not about partisan politics. It is a principled response to the
potential targeting of people not for what they have done, but for who they
are. It is a commitment to speak out and to act in support of basic human
rights. We will keep you informed of the progress of this effort and of
further opportunities to advance our cause together in the coming weeks and
months.
We cannot predict what the future will bring, and we do not pretend to
have all the answers, but we can and will be ready for the struggle ahead of
us.
If you feel the same, please join us. Join us in transforming faith into
action, sign the _Declaration of Conscience_
(http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223) today, share it with your own
networks, and please encourage others to sign as well.
Thank you for your concern, vigilance, and willingness to act.
In Faith and Solidarity,
Hon. Thomas Andrews, president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee
The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist
Association
P.S. If you serve Unitarian Universalism as a minister of a congregation,
we strongly encourage you to _read the declaration_
(http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223) during this Sunday’s
service and ask your attendees to sign it.
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