By Dick Withers
The Fifth UU Principle: The right of conscience and the use if the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.
During last winter’s workshops on the Democratic Process we began by exploring the elements of democratic process – our personal experiences as well as many diverse perspectives.
We examined some of the checks, balances and guardrails that help to prevent a democracy from “murdering itself” in the words and warnings of Unitarian President John Adams.
We then began to explore how we – individually and collectively – support, sustain and even create democratic processes in ‘society at large’ as well as in our own Fellowship.
In Part Three we look more closely at the actions we can take personally and collectively.