Either way, congregations are encouraged to take up this issue at any time. Many Web sites are devoted to drug war issues. Each year one such issue is identified and congregations are encouraged to study and act upon it for the next several years under the sponsorship of the UUA's Commission on Social Witness. The drug issue inspired passionate debate within his congregation, says Jens-Rochow. We have a wide diversity of opinion.
Most people are in favor of more humane treatment for drug users.
We also have a couple of staunch believers in the drug war. So we've had great discussions. In the past year many other congregations have taken up this issue. At the First Parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, the congregation held four seminars on successive Sundays on the drug issue. Members are looking at ways of lobbying legislators on drug issues and they hope to form a drug-issues reading group.