Social Justice Statements

Death Penalty
1974 General Resolution
... passed legislation seeking to re-establish capital punishment; and WHEREAS, the act of execution of the death penalty by government sets an example of violence; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1974 General Assembly ...

End the Death Penalty
2000 Action of Immediate Witness
... injection in Huntsville, Texas, the 222nd person to be executed in Texas since that state reinstated the death penalty eighteen years ago, and the 135th person to be executed in that state in the past ...

Capital Punishment
1966 General Resolution
... state councils where they already exist and to support the Canadian Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

The Execution of Minors and Those Who Are Mentally Retarded
1989 General Resolution
... dignity of every person; WHEREAS Unitarian Universalists have in the past voiced their opposition to the death penalty; and WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court on June 26, 1989 ruled that the execution ...

Capital Punishment
1979 General Resolution
... Unitarian Universalist Association urges the Governor of the State of Florida to commute all existing death sentences; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the General Assembly urges Governors of all other ...

Capital Punishment
1961 General Resolution
... capital punishment is a deterrent to crime; and WHEREAS, human judgements are not infallible, and no penalty should be used which cannot be revoked in case of error; and WHEREAS, capital punishment has ...

Beirut Massacre
1983 Business Resolution
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. ...

Criminal Justice and Prison Reform
2005 Statement of Conscience
... Many countries have abandoned the practice of capital punishment. Studies fail to demonstrate that the death penalty actually deters crime. While the United States Supreme Court has ruled against the ...

Support of the Philip L. Allen Defense Committee
1976 General Resolution
... a student at Los Angeles City College, has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy; and WHEREAS, following Philip's conviction Judge Rittenband ...

Moral Values for a Pluralistic Society
2007 Statement of Conscience
... make religious claims about controversial issues such as reproductive rights, stem cell research, the death penalty, and the teaching of evolution. Their efforts to advocate one perspective, to the exclusion ...

To Bear Witness
1965 Business Resolution
... segregation in these schools; and WHEREAS, the Reverend Reeb was an aggrieved parent and before his death a sponsor of the case against the School Committee that has been brought before the Supreme Court ...

Disarmament and test ban treaty
1961 General Resolution
... religious principles; and WHEREAS, the testing of nuclear weapons threatens mankind with disease and early death, and future generations with hereditary defects; and WHEREAS, the continued production ...

Reform of Abortion Statutes
1963 General Resolution
... statutes drive many women in the United States and Canada to seek illegal abortions with increased risk of death, while others must travel to distant lands for lawful relief; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: ...

Concerning Central American Refugees
1984 General Resolution
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 ...

Development of Hospices
1978 General Resolution
WHEREAS, in the course of many illnesses when a person faces imminent death, a point is reached when medical science can offer no further treatment which can be expected to result in cure or remission ...

Resolution on Central America
1985 General Resolution
... support for those who engage in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in order to prevent or halt further death and destruction in Central America. Our endorsement of this pledge does not imply endorsement ...

FTC Funeral Regulations
1976 General Resolution
... our concern for freedom of conscience and the respect which should be accorded all persons at time of death, and because of our belief that people should be able to choose under fair and informed circumstances ...

Vietnam Settlement
1973 General Resolution
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 ...

Statement of Consensus on the United Nations
1969 Business Resolution
... legal procedures, and the greatest possible safeguards for the accused in capital cases, where the death penalty obtains." We favor the abolition of the death penalty by all Member States. E. We reaffirm ...

Ending Hunger
1987 General Resolution
... have enough to eat; and WHEREAS, millions of people throughout the world go hungry and even starve to death in an age of unparalleled technological achievement; and WHEREAS, massive amounts of food are ...

The Right to Die with Dignity
1988 General Resolution
... RESOLVED: That Unitarian Universalists advocate safeguards against abuses by those who would hasten death contrary to an individual's desires; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That Unitarian Universalists, ...

Supportive Services for Single Adults and Their Families
1979 Business Resolution
... experiencing status change problems of singleness— whether by never marrying, by divorce or by death of spouse; and WHEREAS, this large single population is in urgent need of the services and support ...

Older Women
1976 Business Resolution
... years of unpaid service as homemakers and mothers are now forced to support themselves because of the death of a spouse, divorce, or other economic necessity and are not eligible for health, retirement, ...

National Health Plan
1971 General Resolution
... feel that medical research should investigate the reasons and possibilities of prevention of the early death of our male population.); Out-patient family health (medical and mental) clinics be available ...

Gun Control
1991 General Resolution
... Police (IACP) in a report covering the period 1986-1988: firearms are a leading cause of accidental death among children ages 14 and under in the United States; an estimated 130 million firearms exist ...