Our covenant consists of seven brief statements each of which corresponds to one of the UU church’s seven principles. It was thought that it was appropriate to call attention to the behavior suggested by these well known and accepted principles and then to state more explicitly what that behavior should be.

They are trying to dictate behavior, which implies rules. But they provide no grounds for enforcement of said rules.

Also, I’m all for the use of the democratic process, but this excerpt from the latest Chalice really annoys me:

In response to a recommendation from the Long Range Planning Committee, the Behavioral Covenant Committee was formed earlier this year and began its work in March.

This was put together by a committee that was formed by recommendation of another committee. Bureaucracies make me twitchy.

If you have a problem with it, you should send a comment to the committee.