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  • WHEREAS, the work of the UU Migrant Ministry has been the subject of many favorable resolutions at the General Assemblies for at least 10 years; and WHEREAS, this is the critical year for the work of the UU Migrant Ministry; and WHEREAS, the Fund for Racial Justice from which monies for this work...
    1975 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, the war and the collapse of the government in South Vietnam have left that part of the nation with every second person a refugee and every fifth child an orphan; and WHEREAS, the million refugees of this March and April were unable to harvest spring crops, and starvation is currently...
    1975 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • WHEREAS, the rapidly increasing human population of the world has caused grave problems in the supply of food and raw materials and threatens the quality of life in developed and developing nations alike; and WHEREAS, the United States as the fourth most populous nation on earth, the greatest...
    1975 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • WHEREAS, the 1973 and 1974 General Assemblies have voted to establish the Office of Gay Concerns as an integral part of the UUA to serve the needs of our churches and fellowships for education and help on gay concerns; and WHEREAS, the Office of Gay Concerns is funded from special grant funds...
    1975 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1975 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association abhors the violence presently taking place at the Pine Ridge Reservation aggravated by the neglect of the US federal government in dealing with the fundamental issue of self-determination of Native Americans;...
    1975 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, every female should be accorded the right to decide whether or not she should bear a child; WHEREAS, contraceptive methods are not perfect and do not absolutely protect against pregnancy; and WHEREAS, abortion can be a relatively simple and safe way to terminate a pregnancy; THEREFORE BE...
    1975 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS, President Ford's program of conditional clemency and earned re-entry for draft evaders and deserters of the Indochina War has failed in a large majority of cases to aid those it was purported to help and has failed to meet the moral issue of reuniting our people without moralistic...
    1975 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Religious & Civil Liberties