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Tell Congress
It’s Time for Moral Courage
Over the last nearly 100 days of the Trump Administration, our nation has seen alarming actions of executive overreach that attempt to sideline Congress and threaten the checks and balances our Constitution was built to protect.
From freezing funds Congress already approved, to trying to dismantle entire agencies, to using emergency powers to push harmful policies without due process or oversight—these and other actions go far beyond politics. They tear away at democratic norms and put our civil society at risk.
This isn't about party or personality—it's about principle and the common good.
Our diverse faith traditions teach us to care for the common good, stand up for justice, and protect the most vulnerable. And right now, that means standing up to prevent unchecked executive power.
We urge Congress to act now, with moral courage, to end the abuse of power. Oversight isn’t optional, it’s essential to our democracy.
As Dr. King once said, “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but…because conscience tells him it is right.”
We call on Congress to have Moral Courage to:
- Reinstate and fully fund agencies that serve the common good such as USAID and the Consumer Protection Agency as a moral and constitutional imperative.
- Block the Trump administration’s potential invocation of the Insurrection Act to further militarize the border and misuse the military to support mass deportations.
- Stop abusing the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants and green card holders without due process and suggesting the same for citizens and permanent residents.
- Support bipartisan legislation that reins in tariff policies hurting the global and U.S. economy.
- Defend SNAP, Head Start, Medicaid, Social Security and other programs that serve as a lifeline to millions of children and families, with daily and emergency food and medical assistance.
- Block any attempts by the Trump administration to revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard University and other tax-exempt organizations based on their DEI policies or other political disagreements with the administration.
- Overall, demand an end to the abuse of executive power that undermines our freedoms.
UU Grounding
As of General Assembly 2024, as Unitarian Universalists, we have agreed to “adopt new language on core religious values.” We agree love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. The values we share include all the following, which we hold as inseparable and deeply interconnected: Interdependence, Pluralism, Justice, Transformation, Generosity, and Equity. (Read more on the Article II revision process.)
With these agreed core religious values in mind, we also ground our call to preserve easy access to the vote in support of a healthy democracy in the following Unitarian Universalist Statements:
- Stop Voter Suppression and Partner for Voting Rights and a Multiracial Democracy, 2021 AIW
- Undoing Systemic White Supremacy: A Call to Prophetic Action, 2021 SOC
- Our Democracy Uncorrupted, 2019 SOC
- Oppose Citizens United—Support Free Speech for People, 2011 AIW
- Moral Values for a Pluralistic Society, 2007 SOC
- Voting Rights for Communities of Color, 2007 RR
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Tell Congress
It’s Time for Moral Courage
Over the last nearly 100 days of the Trump Administration, our nation has seen alarming actions of executive overreach that attempt to sideline Congress and threaten the checks and balances our Constitution was built to protect.
From freezing funds Congress already approved, to trying to dismantle entire agencies, to using emergency powers to push harmful policies without due process or oversight—these and other actions go far beyond politics. They tear away at democratic norms and put our civil society at risk.
This isn't about party or personality—it's about principle and the common good.
Our diverse faith traditions teach us to care for the common good, stand up for justice, and protect the most vulnerable. And right now, that means standing up to prevent unchecked executive power.
We urge Congress to act now, with moral courage, to end the abuse of power. Oversight isn’t optional, it’s essential to our democracy.
As Dr. King once said, “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but…because conscience tells him it is right.”
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