THAT the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association expresses its deep sorrow and indignation at the recent incidents of violence directed in particular against black children in Atlanta, GA, and black males in Buffalo, NY....

WHEREAS, a new international Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was approved by the United Nations in December, 1979, signed by seventy-five nations in Copenhagen in July, 1980, and is now awaiting ratification by member nations; and WHEREAS, this Conventi...

WHEREAS , Unitarian Universalists have a history of support for the United Nations, including proposals to enhance its effectiveness embodied in the "Consensus on the United Nations" adopted at the Eighth General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1969, and also by the...

WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has traditionally stood for racial hatred and intolerance; and WHEREAS, the KKK is now establishing special military training camps in north Alabama in preparation for a "race war" against Blacks and Jews; and WHEREAS, the KKK claims a close alliance with the Ameri...

WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalists share a commitment to translating religious principles into practical action; and...

WHEREAS, it is now known that tobacco smoke causes irritation and harm to non-smokers; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association is noted for its use of reason and compassion in matters that have to do with human welfare; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1981 General Assembly of the Unitarian...

WHEREAS, the Radical Religious Right is a threat to the values of a free church and free society, values which the Universalist and Unitarian Churches have long struggled to maintain; and WHEREAS, in response to this threat, religious and secular groups have begun to work together to re-assert th...

Recognizing the fact that institutional racism is still embedded in American society in 1981, the Unitarian Universalist Association shall seek to eliminate racism in all its institutional structures, policies, practices, and patterns of behavior, so that it will become a racially equitable...

THAT, while the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association supports the right of religious leaders of whatever persuasion to comment on political issues, we wish to express our concern regarding the authoritarianism of those groups such as Moral Majority, Inc., Christian Voice, a...

WHEREAS, current policies of the governments of both the Soviet Union and the United States accelerate the arms race; and WHEREAS, the arms race increases the probability of omnicidal nuclear war; and WHEREAS, the arms race is a major contributor to the economic, social, and political dysfunction...