What would a "religious" UU look like?

[dragonfly]

Tonight our ministerial intern delivered a thought-provoking sermon that just has my brain percolating. Partly tongue-in-cheek (of course) she proposed that we consider referring to ourselves as "religious" or "observant" UUs, if and when it more or less applies. She was, of course, modeling it on religious Jews, who behave in ways concurrent with their religious beliefs, even when it's inconvenient.

I find I'm in love with the idea. Maybe it's because I've always been a goy fan of Judaism, but it's got me wondering what a "religious" UU would look like. Obviously the exercise is a bit facetious, since the last thing we would do is tell our members how they have to behave in order to stay part of the club. But, on a purely voluntary basis, what can we think of? My first thought was that I REALLY want to be able to say, "I'm sorry, I can only drink fair trade coffee. I'm a religious UU."

1) Why do you ride your bike to work? A: "I'm an observant UU. We try to limit our use of fossil fuels."

2) "I'm not allowed to work at [insert exploitative business]. It's against my religion."

3) What else?

Part of the Jewish observance of kosher laws is intended explicitly as a method of setting them apart from non-Jews. I'm thinking we could do the opposite. We would choose our observances by the ways they connect us to the rest of the world. So, rather than trying to get the Flower Communion into the mainstream (not that I'm saying we are doing that), we make a serious holiday out of Earth Day. Maybe we observe turn-off-the-tv week, not just because it's a good idea, but because we are plugging into a larger movement by doing it. In the U.S., we pick up the idea of making MLKing Day a day of community service.

Oh! Oh! So our sacred language would be Esperanto!

Hahaha. I am so amusing myself. Anyone else want to play?

Edit: Trick-or-treat for UNICEF! Guest at Your Table. What else has the U.N. got we could claim for ourselves?

Edit2: When an observant UU youth goes "on a mission," they go into the Peace Corps.

Edit3: Catholics have Catholic universities and the Mormons have BYU. We would need some schools that are considered the "correct" ones. Like the Cooper Union? (hi, franklanguage) Or maybe that would be counter to the idea of making outside connections instead of insular ones? I still kind of like the idea.