[Lekooks] Calling all Friends of Faith and Conscience

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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