WASHINGTON — An April 29 decision by the Supreme Court rolls back “generations of progress by civil rights leaders and heroes … who worked diligently for decades to establish one of the most important protections against racial discrimination in voting,” say two United Methodist agencies in a joint statement. The court’s 6-3 ruling “sends an alarming and dangerous message,” reads the statement from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society and United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race. “In practice, it means millions of Black, Brown and Indigenous people will have less of a political voice and representation.” The statement calls on United Methodists to stand in solidarity with those most affected by the weakening of the Voting Rights Act.