Unitarian Universalist Policy
A 1970 General Resolution reiterates official Unitarian Universalist Association support for full voting representation for the District of Columbia (excerpted below).Representation in Congress and Self-Government for the District of Columbia
1970 General Resolution (Read Full Text)
OBSERVING: That for seventy years the citizens of the District of Columbia enjoyed local home rule, then in the troubled period following the Civil War, Congress abolished the elected local government and since that time has exercised detailed control of the District's affairs;
AFFIRMING: That the District remains un-represented in Congress itself, that the citizens of the District—virtually alone among the peoples under the American flag—are denied a voice in choosing the members of the legislative bodies who rule over them, in determining the national and local policies which affect their lives, and in deciding how the federal and local taxes they pay are levied and spent;
BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1970 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the Congress of the United States to propose, and the States to ratify, an Amendment to the Constitution of the United State to provide for full voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of Columbia. The General Assembly further reaffirms its 1962 resolution urging the Congress to re-institute democratic self-government in the District of Columbia.
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Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
