VOTED: That the terrorist bombings of family planning agencies and abortion clinics throughout the United States are attempts to deny the right of free choice and to prevent the exercise of that right through intimidation. This breakdown of law and order is deplored by the Unitarian Universalist...

VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association commends the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for generating a new level of public discourse on ethical norms for economic life by its release on November 12, 1984, of the first draft of a Pastoral Letter on Catholic Soc...

WHEREAS, the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"; and WHEREAS, Article VI of the US Constitution states that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust un...

WHEREAS, the United States Constitution mandates the government to establish justice and promote the general welfare; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and WHEREAS, the issues of poverty and unemployment are also of great...

WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...

WHEREAS, the nuclear arms race has brought over 50,000 nuclear weapons into the world's arsenals, weapons which threaten all life; and WHEREAS, these stockpiles continue to grow at an alarming rate; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association and its member societies have historically bee...

WHEREAS, the 1984 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association commended the Sanctuary Movement to the churches and fellowships in our Association; and WHEREAS, the federal government of the United States has sent government agents and paid informers with tape recorders and wireless...

WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalists have had a longstanding concern over the plight of those who seek refuge from the oppression suffered by them in many countries of the world, as evidenced by resolutions already adopted by the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, some Unitarian Universalist societies ha...

WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...

WHEREAS, the 1984 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association commended the Sanctuary Movement to the churches and fellowships in our Association; and WHEREAS, the federal government of the United States has sent government agents and paid informers with tape recorders and wireless...

VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association endorses the multi-ethnic movement of protest against South Africa's inhumane apartheid policies and the current US policy of "constructive engagement" with the South African government....

WHEREAS, the United States government's policies in regard to Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador, pose the possibility of increased military aid or intervention; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has been consistently opposed to such activities; and WHEREAS,...

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court decision in February 1984 in the Grove City Case narrowed significantly the applicability of Title IX, the Women's Educational Equity Act; and WHEREAS, again in June 1984 the Court upheld in the Memphis Firefighters' Case the "last hired, first fired" rule...

WHEREAS, over half of all United States and Canadian children under the age of eighteen in female-headed households live below the poverty level; and WHEREAS, growing numbers of children of all income groups and all family situations are harmed by abuse and neglect; and WHEREAS, we, as Unitarian...

WHEREAS, responsible scientists testify that the present stockpile of nuclear weapons, if used, could put an end to all human life; and WHEREAS, any use of nuclear weapons, even in response to an attack by conventional weapons, could quickly escalate to an all-out nuclear war; and WHEREAS, respec...

WHEREAS, the heads of the governments of India, Mexico, Tanzania, Sweden, Greece and Argentina have undertaken jointly to intercede with the five major nuclear powers to secure agreements on a mutual, verifiable freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and systems for...

WHEREAS, the rapidly escalating arms race threatens humanity with extinction; and WHEREAS, the arms race has continued to escalate under past and present United States government administrations; and WHEREAS, we can best influence the government through our choice of elected representatives; and...

WHEREAS, an adequate supply of low-cost housing which is available on a nondiscriminatory basis is essential to meet the shelter needs of persons of low income, fixed income, and those who are elderly and/or handicapped; and...

WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has repeatedly taken stands to affirm the rights of gay and lesbian persons over the past decade; and WHEREAS, legal marriages are currently denied gay and lesbian couples by state and provincial governments of North America; and WHEREAS, freedom of...

WHEREAS, civil war in El Salvador has resulted in more than 45,000 political deaths; and WHEREAS, there is no significant change in officially sanctioned violence, and death squads continue to operate with impunity; and WHEREAS, almost all asylum requests have been denied by the US Immigration an...