WHEREAS, the United Nations has continually commanded our support as the world's best hope for peaceful cooperation among its peoples, and according to opinion polls continues to command preponderant support from our American people; and WHEREAS, the United Nations is under attack from extremists...

WHEREAS, churches associated in congregational polity frequently desire, through the orderly method of democratic parliamentary procedure, to express their ethical concerns and judgment on important contemporary issues, and to implement the same to the end that opinion both within the denominatio...

WHEREAS, a thermonuclear war would cause destruction beyond imagination; and WHEREAS, fallout shelters would provide little protection against the blast and fire damage from a thermonuclear explosion; and WHEREAS, national shelter programs would divert the creativity, energy and funds of the peop...

WHEREAS, democracy is the system of government established in the United States; and WHEREAS, the residents of the District of Columbia live under colonial status with appointed rather than elected city officials; and WHEREAS, the residents of the District of Columbia have previously experienced...

WHEREAS, famine and illiteracy are fundamental problems in the world; and WHEREAS, an uncontrolled and unplanned population growth is a fundamental factor increasing these problems by exceeding economic, educational, and agricultural development of many regions and countries; and WHEREAS, it is o...

WHEREAS, the health of the world's people today and of the future generations is being endangered by the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons by a number of world powers; and WHEREAS, nuclear weapons testing increases mutual fear and suspicion among the nations of the world; and WHEREAS, such f...

WHEREAS, a modern approach to criminal law has been needed in this country for many years; and WHEREAS, Unitarians and Universalists have for many years supported more humanitarian dealings with persons charged and convicted of crime in this country; and WHEREAS, the American Law Institute, after...

WHEREAS, segregation and discrimination wherever practiced continue to be a matter of major national and international concern and reflect attitudes contrary to moral, religious and ethical commitments; and WHEREAS, such discrimination is economically wasteful and psychologically destructive to...

WHEREAS, the principle of academic freedom is an intrinsic part of our civil liberties and basic to our democratic society; and WHEREAS, education is an ever more important thread in our democratic fabric and is now in transition and stress due to the cold war and increasing international tension...