{"id":24955,"date":"2022-11-28T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=24955"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:49:52","slug":"living-ones-faith-and-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/living-ones-faith-and-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Living One\u2019s Faith and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s Note: Donna Scheidt is a member of UUSJ\u2019s\u00a0 Democracy Action Team. This is adapted from her introduction at last month\u2019s UUSJ webinar on the Moore v. Harper case that included\u00a0 Becky Harper, Common Cause NC, and a named party in the pivotal redistricting case concerning the balance of powers, and Chris Shenton, attorney, Southern Coalition for Social Justice.]<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In a world increasingly divided by partisanship, by who plays for blue and what issues are thought of as red, I think of UUs as striving to work in the space of yellow. Yellow is the color of the flame at the center of the chalice and the yellow t-shirts that proclaim \u201cSide with Love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There are principles and values that have guided us, that should guide us beyond who \u201cwins.\u201d These are more than just the rules of the \u201cgame.\u201d They are rules of relationship, of how we choose to be in relationship with one another, not just interpersonally but as a people, as a body politic. These rules are fundamentally ethical; some might say they are even matters of faith. They include dignity, justice, equity, freedom, conscience, and dismantling racism and oppression.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet these values are mere talking points but for those in our faith who enact them by walking the walk. Those who organize, those who serve, those who protest, those who advocate, and those who witness. Those who are willing to side with what they believe in, to commit their time, their resources, and their private lives made public. One of these is Becky Harper.\u00a0 In addition to her role, in this case, Becky is a long-time member of the UU Fellowship of Raleigh, NC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I understand it, serving as a party to a legal case of the magnitude of Moore v. Harper is an exceptional act of witness and advocacy.<\/span><\/p>\n