Editing Unitarian Universalism (section)

===Justice===
Unitarian Universalism believes that actions taken to make the world a better place are more important than what a person actually believes, as espoused by a common slogan in Unitarian Universalist congregations, "Deeds, not creeds." They hold that belief divorced from action does not change the world and that good intentions often lead to a worse situation in the long term. Unitarian Universalist thinkers have long recognized the need to bring belief and action together and encourage their members to go into the larger world and improve it.<ref name="UUA Social Justice">{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/learning-center/governance/polity/47013.shtml | title = Social Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref><ref name="Gregg Deeds Not Creeds">{{cite web | last= Gregg | first= Carl | url = https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2014/11/behavior-is-believable/ | title = Deeds Not Creeds, Behavior Is Believable | access-date = 2022-12-17 | date=2020-03-01 | work = Carl Gregg: Pluralism, Pragmatism, Progressivism | publisher = [[Patheos]]}}</ref>

Because of this importance of action, Unitarian Universalists have long been involved in [[social justice|social]], [[economic justice|economic]], and [[environmental justice]] movements, both through organizations created by Unitarian Universalists and through local, regional, national, and international grassroots organizing. Many Unitarian Universalists see this work as inseparable from their Unitarian Universalist faith and see their participation in justice movements as a deeply important part of their religious faith.<ref name="UUA Social Justice" /><ref name="UUA Justice & Inclusion">{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/justice | title = Justice & Inclusion | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref>

Historically, the Unitarian Universalist Association's predecessor movements, Unitarianism and Universalism, saw members involved in [[abolitionism]], [[women's suffrage]], [[pacifism]], [[Temperance movement|temperance]], and [[prison reform]].<ref name="UUA Social Justice" /> Today, Unitarian Universalists are deeply involved in causes such as [[racial justice]] and the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/racial-justice/black-lives-matter | title = Black Lives Matter and Building a Movement for Racial Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref>  [[LGBTQ movements]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/lgbtq | title = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref> [[feminism]] and [[women's rights]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/action/statements/women%E2%80%99s-rights | title = Women's Rights: Action of Immediate Witness |date=2003-07-01 | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref> [[immigration law|immigration justice]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/immigration | title = Immigrant Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref> [[reproductive rights]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/reproductive | title = Reproductive Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref> [[climate justice]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/environment | title = Climate & Environmental Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref> and [[economic inequality]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uua.org/economic | title = Economic Justice | access-date = 2022-12-17 | publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref>