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  • WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Socially Responsible Investing, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
  • WHEREAS, the nuclear arms race has brought over 50,000 nuclear weapons into the world's arsenals, weapons which threaten all life; and WHEREAS, these stockpiles continue to grow at an alarming rate; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association and its member societies have historically bee...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the 1984 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association commended the Sanctuary Movement to the churches and fellowships in our Association; and WHEREAS, the federal government of the United States has sent government agents and paid informers with tape recorders and wireless...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Immigration
  • WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalists have had a longstanding concern over the plight of those who seek refuge from the oppression suffered by them in many countries of the world, as evidenced by resolutions already adopted by the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, some Unitarian Universalist societies ha...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Immigration
  • WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Socially Responsible Investing, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
  • WHEREAS, the 1984 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association commended the Sanctuary Movement to the churches and fellowships in our Association; and WHEREAS, the federal government of the United States has sent government agents and paid informers with tape recorders and wireless...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Immigration
  • WHEREAS, the United States government's policies in regard to Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador, pose the possibility of increased military aid or intervention; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has been consistently opposed to such activities; and WHEREAS,...
    1985 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • VOTED: That the terrorist bombings of family planning agencies and abortion clinics throughout the United States are attempts to deny the right of free choice and to prevent the exercise of that right through intimidation. This breakdown of law and order is deplored by the Unitarian Universalist...
    1985 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court decision in February 1984 in the Grove City Case narrowed significantly the applicability of Title IX, the Women's Educational Equity Act; and WHEREAS, again in June 1984 the Court upheld in the Memphis Firefighters' Case the "last hired, first fired" rule...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, over half of all United States and Canadian children under the age of eighteen in female-headed households live below the poverty level; and WHEREAS, growing numbers of children of all income groups and all family situations are harmed by abuse and neglect; and WHEREAS, we, as Unitarian...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, responsible scientists testify that the present stockpile of nuclear weapons, if used, could put an end to all human life; and WHEREAS, any use of nuclear weapons, even in response to an attack by conventional weapons, could quickly escalate to an all-out nuclear war; and WHEREAS, respec...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the heads of the governments of India, Mexico, Tanzania, Sweden, Greece and Argentina have undertaken jointly to intercede with the five major nuclear powers to secure agreements on a mutual, verifiable freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and systems for...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the rapidly escalating arms race threatens humanity with extinction; and WHEREAS, the arms race has continued to escalate under past and present United States government administrations; and WHEREAS, we can best influence the government through our choice of elected representatives; and...
    1984 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, an adequate supply of low-cost housing which is available on a nondiscriminatory basis is essential to meet the shelter needs of persons of low income, fixed income, and those who are elderly and/or handicapped; and...
    1984 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Socially Responsible Investing
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has repeatedly taken stands to affirm the rights of gay and lesbian persons over the past decade; and WHEREAS, legal marriages are currently denied gay and lesbian couples by state and provincial governments of North America; and WHEREAS, freedom of...
    1984 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • WHEREAS, civil war in El Salvador has resulted in more than 45,000 political deaths; and WHEREAS, there is no significant change in officially sanctioned violence, and death squads continue to operate with impunity; and WHEREAS, almost all asylum requests have been denied by the US Immigration an...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • WHEREAS, the 1983 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association approved a resolution opposing United States military and paramilitary operations against Nicaragua, and covert and overt attempts to overthrow its government; and WHEREAS, the US has been, is now and may in the future...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • WHEREAS, the city has been historically and at the present time is the center of culture, education, finances and population; and WHEREAS, the health of cities affects not only the residents of the urban area, but also involves the health and welfare of the United States and Canada as a whole; BE...
    1984 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • WHEREAS, every person has the right to a safe and healthful environment; and WHEREAS, as the problems created by toxic substances and hazardous wastes affect our health and that of future generations, it is our responsibility to insure a safe and healthful environment; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 19...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • WHEREAS, satellites perform many beneficial services to humanity including hurricane warning, crop forecasting, resource surveys, business communications and scientific exploration; and WHEREAS, satellites also perform important military communication functions including surveillance of military...
    1984 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, in recognition that peaceful conflict resolution is essential to the continuation of Life on Planet Earth, and that such concepts and skills can be learned; and WHEREAS, the 1980 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association supported the concept of a National Academy of Pea...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • WHEREAS, in the United States women are still deprived of equal Constitutional rights, equal salaries, equal access to positions of responsibility and equal treatment in terms of health care, insurance and Social Security; and WHEREAS, men would benefit from equality of rights under the law; and...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has maintained a traditional role as a vigorous supporter of human rights; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee has been historically involved in promoting social change and assisting economic development in El Salvador and othe...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • The Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association commends the National Conference of Catholic Bishops for its ground-breaking pastoral letter on "War, Armaments, and Peace" and, in particular, associates itself with the Bishops' declaration of the immorality of nuclear war and join...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, more than 250,000 people participated in the historic March on Washington for jobs and freedom on August 28, 1963; and WHEREAS, the dream of jobs and freedom, peace and justice, has not materialized; and WHEREAS, in commemoration of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther...
    1983 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Racial Justice
  • The Board expresses its sorrow at the death of scores of United States Marines and French soldiers stationed in Lebanon to keep peace. We extend our sympathy to the loved ones of those killed and injured....
    1983 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association is committed to furthering human rights and supports the principle of the importance and worth of each individual; and WHEREAS, there are many Amerasian children abandoned by their American fathers and rejected in their Asian homelands; and WHEREAS,...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the complex issue of World Hunger requires our serious attention; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1983 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the Section on Social Responsibility, in cooperation with the UU-United Nations Office and the UU Service Committee, to give th...
    1983 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • WHEREAS, any use of nuclear weapons is likely to touch off a holocaust in which the continuance of all human life would be put at risk; and WHEREAS, nuclear arms race negotiations to date have produced rules for ever increasing escalation and proliferation of the production of nuclear weapons; an...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, bills were introduced in the US Congress in March and April of 1983 to cut off funding for military and paramilitary operations directed against Nicaragua; and WHEREAS, a groundswell of public support is needed for passage of such pending legislation and to forestall efforts to overthrow...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, full-scale war would cause the loss of hundreds of millions of lives and the destruction of all major cities in the countries involved — perhaps the entire northern hemisphere; and WHEREAS, there is presently no real defense against nuclear attack; and WHEREAS, such a war can be suddenly...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the arms race continues unabated; and WHEREAS, ever-growing numbers of North Americans are expressing their desire to end the arms race by voting for nuclear arms freeze referenda, signing petitions and other activities; and WHEREAS, the policy of deterrence has led to a constantly growi...
    1983 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the 1982 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association reaffirms resolutions on nuclear arms and human needs previously considered and adopted by the Association's General Assemblies; and WHEREAS, the 1981 global arms budget totalled $550 billion, about $100 billion of which...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • 1982 General Resolution WHEREAS, historic steps to end the warfare between Israel and Egypt were taken with the signing of the Camp David peace accords; and WHEREAS, the goal of United States policy, as it approaches the remaining central issues in the Middle East, should be to encourage, in the...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1982 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association supports the Dialogue of World Religions Affirmation of the International Association for Religious Freedom by affirming:"Like tide and time, religion is a natural force. We acknowledge religion as reality...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Religious Pluralism
  • WHEREAS, the oceans of the world cover 70% of its surface; and WHEREAS, there is no international, oceanic policy; the United States has no such policy and recent incidents have shown the extreme dangers of competing national oceanic interests; and WHEREAS, the Law of the Sea Treaty is an...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • In view of the sensitivities involved in considering the moral dimensions of the Middle East crisis, the Board of Trustees reaffirms its opposition to anti-Semitism in all its forms and recognizes, along with much of the Jewish community, that criticism of the policies of the government of Israel...
    1982 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • WHEREAS, the constitutional principles of religious liberty, and the separation of church and state that safeguard liberty, and the ideal of a pluralistic society are under increasing attack in the Congress of the United States, in state legislatures, and in some sectors of the communications med...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, the central issues for religion include the beginning, duration, nature and meaning of life, the extent to which individuals can be in control of their own lives and bodies, and the moral and ethical responsibility of individuals to the lives and bodies of others; and WHEREAS, the 1982...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, as religious people committed to reverence for life, we are deeply concerned by the threat to all life which is posed by the continuing acceleration of the nuclear arms race; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1982 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the Office of Soci...
    1982 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • That the Board, acting in the spirit with which it adopted the policy regarding states which have not yet ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), will continue the boycott of those states until September 1, 1982, as a means of demonstrating its concern for the failure of the Amendment....
    1982 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, in the spirit of inclusiveness without regard to age, family situation, or economic status; and WHEREAS, in the spirit of encouraging growth through participation of young adults in our movement; and WHEREAS, in the spirit of making ours an Association that provides religious opportuniti...
    1982 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS, institutional care for the elderly is expensive and studies show that older patients are happier and regain functional ability more rapidly when they receive health care at home; and WHEREAS, Medicaid offers full coverage for long-term care in a nursing home, but in most states little or...
    1981 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS, the United States must, out of economic, ecological, and political necessity, develop alternate sources of energy and means of conserving energy; and WHEREAS, the United States cannot continue to be dependent on oil, especially oil produced by OPEC; and WHEREAS, the Union of Concerned...
    1981 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Energy Justice
  • WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalists share a religious mandate for a worldwide social order which promotes the supreme worth and dignity of every human personality; and WHEREAS, we are challenged by the contradictions in ourselves and in our societies today which prevent the implementation of the ide...
    1981 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • WHEREAS, the bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association state that the Association exists in part to "affirm, defend and promote the supreme worth and dignity of every human personality," and recognizing that poor and minorities residing in urban areas are currently the victims of...
    1981 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, current policies of the governments of both the Soviet Union and the United States accelerate the arms race; and WHEREAS, the arms race increases the probability of omnicidal nuclear war; and WHEREAS, the arms race is a major contributor to the economic, social, and political dysfunction...
    1981 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • WHEREAS, the American Unitarian Association was one of the founders of the International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF); and as the Unitarian Universalist Association has continued to be a substantial supporter of this association of religious groups from twenty countries on all continen...
    1981 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Congregational Action, International Peace & Conflict, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has long opposed the escalation of the arms race and the threat it poses to humanity; and WHEREAS, the United States has many thousands of tons of chemical warfare agents stockpiled in the United States and abroad; and WHEREAS, besides their possibl...
    1981 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, recent General Assemblies of the Unitarian Universalist Association have passed resolutions calling for a reduction of United States arms sales and transfers to countries which violate basic human rights, such as "Human Rights in El Salvador" in 1977 and "Sharing in the New Call to...
    1981 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict