WHEREAS, millions of people may die in the next few years because of inadequate world grain reserves; and drought and other causes have rendered grain production unstable, which drives prices up and forces poorer countries out of the world grain market; and WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated that...

WHEREAS, two full years have passed since the end of the war in Indochina without the offering of one dollar or one tool in US reconstruction aid, and in addition the new President of the United States has explicitly stated that we "have no responsibility for reparations" (March 24, 1977), and th...

WHEREAS, we recognize the integrity of our environment, both physical and social, and our need to respect the interdependence of ecological spheres and social activities; and WHEREAS, the continued pollution of our environment, the continued depletion of our natural resources, and the continued...

WHEREAS, there are millions of persons in the United States and Canada who are blind, deaf, physically or mentally disabled, or otherwise with special needs; and WHEREAS, these people suffer from discrimination and segregation in education, employment, transportation, and freedom of access becaus...

WHEREAS, our world lives under threat of nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, nuclear proliferation increases the danger of nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, SALT results are presently unsatisfactory; and WHEREAS, United States military security is not jeopardized by the proposed independent initiatives...

WHEREAS, the Commission on Appraisal has studied the representative nature of the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, we ourselves wholeheartedly wish to put into practice in our meetings what we have urged upon others regarding full inclusion with dignity of handicapped persons and the elderly; and...

WHEREAS, in May of 1977, a Unitarian Universalist Service Committee investigation revealed evidence of gross violations of human rights by the government of El Salvador, including mass killings of civilians, widespread electoral fraud, arbitrary arrest and detention, religious persecution, tortur...

WHEREAS, the bigotry and misinformation presented by the forces of the "Save Our Children" movement led by Anita Bryant encourage violations of the civil rights of gay people; and WHEREAS, human rights are not an issue on which there should be a vote by which the majority can deny rights to a...

WHEREAS, currently there are efforts being made to insert the creation story of Genesis into public school science textbooks; and WHEREAS, such action would be in direct contradiction with the separation of church and state; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1977 General Assembly of the Unitaria...

WHEREAS, since March 4, 1977, several states, including Florida, Illinois, Georgia, and Arizona, have considered and not passed the Equal Rights Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation Board reaffirmed at the June, 1977 meeting their resolve to meet only in those sta...

WHEREAS, an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide equal rights for women has been ratified by thirty-five states; and WHEREAS, there remain fifteen states which have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment and three affirmative decisions by states are necessary by March 22, 1979 ...

WHEREAS, the political method of reliance upon the power to hurt, kill, and destroy has led humankind far down the dead-end road to total human extinction; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1977 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms as the only hope for human surviva...

WHEREAS, abuse and neglect of children is a family and societal problem of national significance; and WHEREAS, children are innocent and powerless victims of abuse and neglect; and WHEREAS, Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, created a National Center on Child Ab...

WHEREAS, the majority of the American people now know that the United States intervention in the war in Vietnam was wrong, and was, in fact, a war undeclared by the Congress of the United States; and WHEREAS, President Carter has said that American involvement in the war was a mistake and has, in...

WHEREAS, attempts are now being made to deny Medicaid funds for abortion and to enact Constitutional Amendments that would limit abortions to life-endangering situations and thus remove this decision from the individual and her physician; and WHEREAS, such legislation is an infringement of the...

WHEREAS, the availability of adequate supplies of energy at a reasonable cost is essential to the welfare and future of all peoples of the world, both in developed and undeveloped countries; and WHEREAS, current energy production is dependent upon finite resources; and WHEREAS, unlimited growth i...

WHEREAS, a principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association is to "affirm, defend, and promote the supreme worth and dignity of every human personality, and the use of the democratic method in human relationships"; and WHEREAS, great strides have been taken to affirm this principle within our...