WHEREAS, the Commission on Religion and Race has from its inception called upon Unitarians and Universalists to bear witness to their concern for racial justice at all times and in all possible situations; and WHEREAS, in view of the fact that James Reeb was deeply engaged in the life of this cit...

RESOLVED: That Unitarian Universalists be urged to work for comprehensive "open occupancy" legislation at all levels and that such legislation embody firm and unambiguous enforcement procedures; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the President of the United States be encouraged to extend the federal...

Open Membership Policy II 1965 Business Resolution RESOLVED: That this General Assembly instruct the Board of Trustees to place on the Agenda for the 1966 General Assembly a proposed amendment to Article II of the Constitution which will add a new section substantially in the form of Item 7F, whi...

RESOLVED: That in accordance with the purposes and objectives of the Unitarian Universalist Association, this Association and its members hereby declare and affirm their special responsibility to promote the full participation of persons, without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin, in...

WHEREAS, federal, state and city narcotics laws declare the habitual use of narcotics to be a crime, while narcotics addiction is considered by the medical profession to be an illness and by many psychiatrists and social scientists to be a personality disorder rooted in psycho-social factors; and...

WHEREAS, registration procedures and the November 1964 elections in the state of Mississippi were conducted by the officials in that state in a manner clearly designed to discriminate systematically against Negro citizens of the state; and WHEREAS, qualified voters of Mississippi residing in the...

BE IT RESOLVED: That whenever an effort is made to impose on the membership of a local congregation restrictions based on race, color, sex, national origin or creedal tests, our responsible leadership shall make prompt and firm declaration (publicly when the issue is public) of the stated general...

WHEREAS, world peace depends on the recognition by all nations of fundamental human rights (such as those embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948); and WHEREAS, the United Nations has attempted to encourage the nations of the wo...

Freedom of thought, speech and assembly being particularly essential in colleges and universities where minds must be completely unfettered in their search for the truth; BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association asserts that there should be no curtailment of student and faculty...

AFFIRMING that the right to vote is elemental in our American society; NOTING that major obstacles are still being put by some states before Negroes who attempt to register to vote; and that after the passage of appropriate legislation physical and economic intimidation may nevertheless be used t...