Unitarians Slam Unravelling of US Democracy

In faith news, the Unitarian-Universalist movement, a religion that emerged from Protestant Christianity’s liberal and progressive traditions and encompasses a wide variety of humanistic theology, has strongly condemned the antics of the American right wing, who are engaged in a post-truth project to, they say, “dismantle democracy itself”.  The international Unitarian Universalist office has this to say:  “These issues of censoring education and the targeting of LGBTQIA+ communities and communities of color are not unrelated. They are intended to divide and make neighbor afraid of neighbor. They coincide with efforts to dismantle democracy and individual agency, all by pushing authoritarian policies that violate the sanctity of our homes, our bodies, and our diverse religious beliefs. As progressive people of faith, we recognize the forces feeding these far-right efforts. Throughout history, we’ve seen these tactics and ideology before and it always leads to destruction and violence.    However, Unitarian Universalism teaches a different way. We know we must create communities where all feel safe and all belong. Our faith calls us to show up powerfully - both pastorally, providing support and aid to our people and neighbors, and prophetically, with committed organizing and bold moral courage.
We are clear and unapologetic. Our LGBTQIA+ siblings are sacred, whole, and divine. As Unitarian Universalists, we understand that the full expression of the diversity of gender and sexuality is a gift. Our commitment to love and justice, to inclusive ministry and prophetic action, is deep and life-affirming. We actively organize to promote the leadership of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities. We work to end anti-Black racism, organize for racial justice, disability justice, gender justice, LGBTQIA+ equality, and support reproductive justice, climate justice and more.”