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  • WHEREAS the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, l99l, upheld a Bush Administration regulation which withholds all funding provided under Title X of the Public Health Service Act from any family planning agency whose physicians and educators advise their clients or patients of their opti...
    1991 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties, Reproductive Justice
  • BECAUSE we believe in the ideal of one world, in which nations coexist with mutual respect, in which nations protect the rights of their citizens, and in which people of different nations work together to solve the problems of all humankind; and BECAUSE we affirm the democratic process not only...
    1990 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • WHEREAS, the cause of peace in the Middle East will be advanced only when all interested parties have the opportunity to participate in negotiations; WHEREAS, President Bush on June 20, 1990 suspended official dialogue between the United States government and the Palestine Liberation Organization...
    1990 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • GUIDED by the Unitarian Universalist Association's commitment to justice, equity, and compassion in human relations and the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and INSPIRED by our special responsibility to promote the full participation of persons in full range of human endeavor without...
    1990 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Economic Justice
  • GUIDED by our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of every human being; and RECOGNIZING our commitment and responsibility to provide youth with basic nurturing, support, encouragement, and protection; and WHEREAS young people embody humanity's hope for the future; and WHEREAS a growing numbe...
    1990 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Economic Justice
  • BECAUSE we believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every individual; BECAUSE we cherish the earth and seek to preserve the environment for future generations; BECAUSE we hold a deep reverence for all life; and BECAUSE we recognize that what we choose today will affect the quality of life for...
    1990 | General Resolution
  • Because Unitarian Universalists are committed to promoting world peace and affirming the worth and dignity of all people; Because we support programs to meet human needs for food, shelter, health care, a sustainable environment, education, and fulfilling work in a stable world economy; and Becaus...
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, we want the year 2000 to begin a millenium of peace; WHEREAS, a peaceful world requires the abolition of nuclear weapons and a new approach to international relations based on common security for all countries rather than dangerous attempts at military superority; WHEREAS, we want our...
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS our President in his report to the 1989 General Assembly on June 23, 1989, stated: ". . . the most opportune time for the forces of reaction to seize the day is when a new order has shown its face but not yet consolidated its power . . ....
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • Because the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association have affirmed in covenant to promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; Because we reject the fear and loathing of the human body and sexuality instilled...
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Reproductive Health, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • WHEREAS, the 1989 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has passed a resolution entitled AIDS/HIV CRISIS that condemns discrimination against people living with AIDS; WHEREAS, there is no evidence to prove that Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transmitted by casual...
    1989 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • BECAUSE, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity and compassion in human relations; and BECAUSE, Unitarian Universalists have historically come to the defense of persons...
    1989 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Immigration
  • Guided by our respect for the sanctity of all life and for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part; Recognizing the stress placed upon the biosphere through excessive demands upon resources, and mismanagement of those resources for industrial, commercial, and personal...
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • WHEREAS the survey conducted by the Common Vision Planning Committee has shown that, despite a long and luminous tradition of leadership toward an era of wider justice, inclusion, and recognition of the dignity and worth of all, still the fear of same-sex love runs deep among Unitarian...
    1989 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • WHEREAS President Schulz spoke in his report to the Assembly about the neglect of youth and the need for racial justice in our society; WHEREAS the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; WHEREAS...
    1989 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Criminal Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS the Principles and Purposes adopted in the By-Laws of the UUA specify that: "We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: The inherent worth and dignity of every person;Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations"; WHEREAS...
    1989 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists are guided by a vision of world community with peace and justice for all and are especially concerned with the survival and welfare of children worldwide; WHEREAS, the United States embargo on Nicaragua has resulted in shortages of food, medical supplies, and...
    1988 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • Recognizing the inherent worth and dignity of every human being, we as Unitarian Universalists hold that access to affordable, habitable housing is a fundamental right in a just society.
    1988 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Socially Responsible Investing
  • WHEREAS, recognizing the possibility that our religious professionals and other participants face the loss of health insurance as provided through the UUA; and WHEREAS, recognizing that the UUA Board of Trustees, Administration, Council on Church Staff Finances, and the UUMA have previously and...
    1988 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the 1988 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has received public and private reports in increasing volume of serious discrimination against ethnic minorities in Romania, including members of Lutheran, Reformed, Roman Catholic, and Unitarian churches and other...
    1988 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • Because Unitarian Universalists have historically affirmed the value of public education in a pluralistic society; and Because we believe that free inquiry strengthens minds in the individual search for knowledge; and WHEREAS, recent history shows a continuing series of attacks on access to...
    1988 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • Guided by our belief as Unitarian Universalists that human life has inherent dignity, which may be compromised when life is extended beyond the will or ability of a person to sustain that dignity; and believing that it is every person's inviolable right to determine in advance the course of actio...
    1988 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, Bylaw Section C-2.3 states that: The Association declares and affirms its special responsibility, and that of its member societies and organizations, to promote the full participation of persons in all of its and their activities and in the full range of human endeavor without regard to...
    1987 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, the 1970 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association ("UUA") adopted a resolution calling on all UUA churches, fellowships, and organizations and society at large to end discrimination against gay and lesbian people and has repeatedly endorsed the goal of equality, dignity...
    1987 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalist Association principles, especially those concerning (1) the inherent worth and dignity of every person; (2) justice, equity and compassion in human relationships; and (3) the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all (UUA Principles: Art. II,...
    1987 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • VWHEREAS, it is the policy of the Unitarian Universalist Association to encourage the Legislature of the State of Arizona to declare the third Monday in January as a legal holiday in recognition of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian...
    1987 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • BECAUSE, we believe in a world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all, and because we respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part and because we recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and that each person as a birthright should have enough...
    1987 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • BECAUSE, Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, as well as justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS, the wage gap between men and women is one of the oldest and most persistent effects of inequality between the sexes in th...
    1987 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Economic Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the United States Congressional hearings concerning the "Iran/Contra affair" have revealed apparent disregard by the Reagan administration for the United States Constitutional processes, a violation by this administration of laws passed by the United States Congress, and interference in ...
    1987 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • BECAUSE, Unitarian Universalists believe that the inherent worth and dignity of every person, the right of individual conscience, and respect for human life are inalienable rights due every person; and that the personal right to choose in regard to contraception and abortion is an important aspec...
    1987 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • VOTED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association endorse the international Royal Dutch Shell Boycott campaign.
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Economic Justice, Socially Responsible Investing
  • VOTED: To establish a Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary Fund for the purpose of supporting sanctuary defendants, sanctuary churches and for the direct support of those in need of sanctuary....
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Immigration
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has consistently affirmed the principle of the oneness and equality of all humankind; and WHEREAS, we have condemned and opposed the system of apartheid as it is practiced in the country of South Africa, and the violence of the oppression used to...
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
  • WHEREAS, the 1986 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association is: SHOCKED by President Reagan's announcement on May 27, 1986 that the United States would no longer be bound by the provisions of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II); FEARFUL that the opponents of the 1972...
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the real and potential worth, dignity, and health of farm workers is currently threatened by practices in agricultural communities which threaten the entire eco-system; and WHEREAS, it has been documented by the National Farm Worker Ministry and others that grape growers are now using...
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Agriculture in Environmental Justice, Economic Justice
  • WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS, this is a time of increasing deplorable acts of terrorism, world-wide and domestic; and WHEREAS, one manifestati...
    1986 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • BECAUSE, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and to promote justice, equity and compassion in human relations; and BECAUSE, we are members of the interdependent web of existence and therefore...
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • WHEREAS, the principles of religious liberty require the protection of the right of conscience in reproductive matters as deeply religious and personal decisions; and WHEREAS, actions of the religious right minority, and the current US Administration, increasingly threaten access to safe and lega...
    1986 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Reproductive Health, Religious & Civil Liberties, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS, the United States Constitution mandates the government to establish justice and promote the general welfare; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and WHEREAS, the issues of poverty and unemployment are also of great...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Equal Opportunity, Economic Justice
  • AFFIRMING our conviction that serving life demands the selfless promotion of peace, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resolved to seek an end to the nuclear arms race on no less than thirty (30) occasions since its first assembly in 1961....
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, regular and rigorous testing of any nuclear weapon is needed to ensure that it will work as planned in a war; and WHEREAS, underground nuclear explosions permit scientists to test new nuclear weapons and to increase the destructive capabilities of existing nuclear weapons; and WHEREAS, a...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, sexual abuse and exploitation of children and youth are continental problems; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association is committed to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association holds that sexual abuse...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has repeatedly declared its dedication to social and economic justice as a basic tenet of our common faith; and...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Socially Responsible Investing
  • WHEREAS, racism against Blacks is a pervasive social problem; and WHEREAS, our denomination believes in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, in the democratic process based on equality and freedom, and in the individual right to enjoy all of our constitutional and other legal rights; a...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, the detonation of even a single nuclear weapon may set off a nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, so-called knapsack nuclear devices made in the United States have been deployed among troops in Western Europe; and WHEREAS, such weapons pose a serious threat to the security of the world, eithe...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association endorses the multi-ethnic movement of protest against South Africa's inhumane apartheid policies and the current US policy of "constructive engagement" with the South African government....
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
  • VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association states its endorsement of the US interfaith peacemaking campaign of resistance to military intervention in Central America which seeks to register publicly, in an orderly fashion, the opposition of large segments of the...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association, gathered in Regular Session, has taken note of the Bernhard Goetz matter; and While not second guessing the New York Grand Jury's evaluation of the evidence in this situation, or minimizing either the many sociological...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Criminal Justice
  • VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association commends the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for generating a new level of public discourse on ethical norms for economic life by its release on November 12, 1984, of the first draft of a Pastoral Letter on Catholic Soc...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • WHEREAS, the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"; and WHEREAS, Article VI of the US Constitution states that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust un...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties