Responsive Resolutions on Inclusion
2009 Responsive Resolution
In response to the changes to Article II reported by the Commission on Appraisal and subsequent discussion of those recommendations at this General Assembly, the delegates request that the UUA [Unitarian ...

Responsive Resolution on Article II
2009 Responsive Resolution
The 2009 General Assembly of the UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] strongly urges the UUA Board of Trustees to facilitate a continuation and further deepening of the discussion of the Principles ...

Responsive Resolution on Article XV
2009 Responsive Resolution
WHEREAS the Commission on Appraisal submitted a proposal to amend Article II after a period of study and review as allowed by Article XV section C-15.1.(c)(4), a process begun in 2006,  while Article ...

Responsive Resolution on Barriers to Inclusion in Outreach to African UU and Other Progressive Religious Congregations
2009 Responsive Resolution
WHEREAS the Opening Worship at the 2009 GA [General Assembly] reported on President Sinkford’s Pilgrimage to Africa and celebrated a new outreach to African UU [Unitarian Universalist] congregations, ...

Oppose Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Based Violence in Iraq
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
WHEREAS the first and sixth Unitarian Universalist [UU] Principles affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for ...

U.S.-Sponsored Torture: A Call for a Commission of Inquiry
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
BECAUSE one of our core Principles as Unitarian Universalists is our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of all persons; andWHEREAS torture violates the basic dignity of the human person, degrades ...

Support Bolivian UUs Struggling for Justice and Human Rights
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
BECAUSE Bolivian Olga Flores Bedregal, who helped found a UU [Unitarian Universalist] congregation in La Paz, had a brother, Carlos Flores Bedregal, who disappeared at the hands of the military dictatorship ...

In Support of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists respect the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part; andBECAUSE the Unitarian Universalist Association is holding its 2009 General Assembly in Utah, ...

U.S. Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalism affirms the inherent worth and dignity of every person, respect for the interdependent web of existence, and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice ...

Advocate Pending Legislation Toward Clean, Honest, and Fair Elections in the United States
2009 Action of Immediate Witness
As we support the struggles of the Iranian people to have their voices heard and their votes counted, we must ensure the same for voters in the United States, so we can elect leaders who work for the good ...