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  • WHEREAS the Moderator, in her report, referenced the “Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Resolution” passed by the 2008 General Assembly on Friday, June 27, 2008, which “urges the Unitarian Universalist Association [UUA] and its congregations and district structures to: invite ministerial...
    2008 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws state that our Association promotes “the full participation of persons in all of its and their activities and in the full range of human endeavor without regard to . . . age”; WHEREAS statement 12, “Support, integrate, and retain youth and...
    2008 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • WHEREAS we have heard your excellent report and its insight into the need for universal healthcare: BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with the eighteen resolutions of the UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] from 1961 to 2007 and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that the ...
    2008 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, Socially Responsible Investing
  • Whereas the Consultation on Ministry To and With Youth has presented a positive report with regard to the future of youth ministry throughout the [Unitarian Universalist] Association, and Whereas the 2008 General Assembly has expressed its support for youth and young adult ministry through passag...
    2008 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • Because: Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; Whereas: The Unitarian Universalist Association [UUA], its member congregations and individual Unitarian Universalists have repeatedly affirmed their commitment to justice, equality, compassion and...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality, Reproductive Health, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • Because: Unitarian Universalists as a community of faith respect the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part; Whereas: The 2006 UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] General Assembly adopted the Statement of Conscience on Global Warming and Climate Change; Whereas: Wind pow...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Climate Change, Energy Justice
  • Because: Unitarian Universalists as a community of faith uphold the inherent worth, rights and dignity of all people; Whereas: We have supported a fair minimum wage since 1961, passing a resolution supporting an agricultural minimum wage for migrant workers, and since then our sustained commitmen...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Living Wage Issues
  • Because: Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large; the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all and respect for ...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Agriculture in Environmental Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, Economic Justice, Racial Justice
  • Because: Unitarian Universalist Principles affirm the worth and dignity of every person, justice in human relations, and the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all; Whereas: Bombing Iran’s nuclear sites and military infrastructure would probably kill thousands, including...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Whereas: Unitarian Universalists are concerned with the worth and dignity of all people; Whereas: We spend over $2 trillion for health care in the United States, yet 50 million people are still not covered and another 50 million are denied adequate care by their insurance companies; Whereas: Heal...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Reproductive Health