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  • WHEREAS, the United States has been responsible for death, destruction and defoliation in Southeast Asia; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Condemns the continued bombing of Cambodia and Laos, and supports the Congressional cut-off of all fu...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, today's society appears to worship youth and neglect the talent and problems of its elderly citizens; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association reaffirms the Senior Citizens' Charter set forth at the White House Conference on Aging: The righ...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, there are strong indications that the proposed Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline would endanger the existence of much Arctic wildlife, including the migratory caribou upon which many of the inhabitants rely for food; and WHEREAS, there are also strong indications that the resulting tanker traffi...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Energy Justice
  • WHEREAS, fewer than twenty states in the United States have enacted "shielding" legislation and there is no federal legislation of this kind at all in the United States; and WHEREAS, the courts, including the US Supreme Court, have denied reporters and historians the right to refuse to disclose...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, improved cultural and economic relations with China and Cuba may decrease tension and lead to diplomatic recognition of those countries by the government of the United States; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association expresses its support o...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association reaffirms its support of the principle of separation of church and state in the United States and urges Unitarian Universalist societies to: Oppose all direct or indirect federal, state, or local tax aid to...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Church & State, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, many of the humanitarian programs initiated in the public interest in the United States over the last decade and more are in danger of curtailment or termination because of executive impoundment of funds voted by elected representatives of the people; and WHEREAS, the loss of the program...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Endorses the principle of population stabilization for the United States and Canada; Urges the passage of legislation at all appropriate levels to bring about as soon as possible through non-coercive means a...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Social Justice
  • WHEREAS, napalm and other incendiary weapons have been used during and since World War II; and WHEREAS, we recognize the desirability of general and complete disarmament and the urgent need to abolish war; and WHEREAS, we welcome the recent report of the Secretary General of the United Nations on...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association was recently targeted for a repressive act by the United States federal government in the form of the invasion of the privacy of the Association and its members through the attempted seizure of the bank records of the Unitarian Universalist Associat...
    1973 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the members of societies of the Unitarian Universalist Association to undertake and/or support programs and actions which will eliminate injustices to Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts and other indigenous peopl...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Racial Justice
  • RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association publish each year in a manner intended to achieve wide notice a report of its efforts to provide equal employment opportunity to women and racial minorities at all levels of its staff, said report to include a statistical summary similar in sc...
    1973 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity
  • WHEREAS, heroin and other drug addictions have become a modern plague in which every victim becomes a source of contagion; and WHEREAS, heroin addiction is spreading rapidly today, especially among the younger generation and the poor; and WHEREAS, the effort to control heroin addiction by outlawr...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Criminal Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • APPALLED that the administration in Washington, instead of taking advantage of such opportunities as partial withdrawal from Vietnam, and possible arms reduction by SALT and the UN Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, has increased the Defense Department budget by $4 billion and is plannin...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, it is among the purposes of the Unitarian Universalist Association to affirm, defend and promote the supreme worth of every human personality; and WHEREAS, the 1970 General Assembly passed a resolution urging all peoples immediately to bring an end to all discrimination against homosexua...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • DESIRING to promote better corporate social policies and practices in areas such as equal employment opportunity for women and minorities, environmental protection, consumerism, foreign investment and military production; and...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Socially Responsible Investing
  • WHEREAS, the 1972 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association adopted a resolution asking member churches, fellowships, and constituencies to refrain from purchasing, serving, and eating iceberg (head) lettuce unless it is clearly marked with the Black Eagle label of the United Far...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Agriculture in Environmental Justice, Economic Justice
  • WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of Americans have unjustly suffered a loss of civil rights, liberty and jobs because they have been in opposition to the Indochina War or to the racism and oppression of the American military and draft systems; and WHEREAS, according to Canadian Department of...
    1973 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, there are well organized efforts of letter writing, petitions, and a Washington Office for lobbying to amend the US Constitution to overturn the US Supreme Court decision on abortion; BE IT RESOLVED: That we support the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion and its implementation.
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association opposes the corporal punishment of children in schools, juvenile detention facilities, and other public institutions where children are cared for or educated and urges that members of UUA societies work activ...
    1973 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health