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  • WHEREAS, it should be a serious and determined concern of all liberal religious people to provide every possible opportunity for the emotional health and well being of young people, to assist socially and culturally deprived youth, and to promote adequate educational, training and employment...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health
  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association at its 1963 General Assembly, reaffirms its support of religious freedom based on the principle of separation of church and state and urges its members to: Uphold the principle of non-sectarian public education; Oppose Bible readings and...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Church & State, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, we as Unitarian Universalists are deeply concerned for dignity and rights of human beings; and WHEREAS, the laws which narrowly circumscribe or completely prohibit termination of pregnancy by qualified medical practitioners are an affront to human life and dignity; and WHEREAS, these...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS, the present basis of the United States Immigration quota system rests on the national origins of the country's white population according to the 1920 census; and WHEREAS, this system contradicts the founding principles of the nation and is at variance with national needs and internationa...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Immigration, Racial Justice
  • WHEREAS, the Unitarian and Universalist movements have historically affirmed the supreme worth of every human personality, the dignity of man, the use of the democratic method in human relationships, and the ideals of brotherhood, justice and peace; and WHEREAS, refusal to welcome persons into...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity
  • WHEREAS, the Encyclical of His Holiness, Pope John XXIII, entitled "Peace on Earth" issued on April 11, 1963, and concerned with "establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity, and liberty," is a wise and noble utterance and is directed not only to the faithful of the Roman Catholic...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS, the United States is founded on the principles of individual rights and civil liberties, embodied in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution; and WHEREAS, for several years these individual rights and civil liberties have been under attack by various elements of our society, resulting in ...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • WHEREAS, our ethical, moral, and religious principles set forth in Section 2 of our Constitution, "To implement our vision of one world by striving for community founded on ideals of brotherhood, justice, and peace"; and WHEREAS, although general and complete disarmament is one of the stated...
    1963 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament