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  • WHEREAS US Representative Ernest Istook of Oklahoma, along with 116 co-sponsors, introduced the following proposed amendment to the US Constitution in the House of Representatives on May 8, 1997: To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: The people's...
    1997 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Church & State, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part; and WHEREAS a team of specialists appointed by the American Association for World Health issued a report...
    1997 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • BECAUSE the seven principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association connect the values of democracy, personal growth, and social justice to a recognition of the interdependent web of all existence; and WHEREAS safe air to breathe, safe water to drink, and a sustainable environment are essentia...
    1997 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists are people of conscience who believe in peace, liberty, social justice, and the democratic process for the achievement of these goals; and WHEREAS there are estimated to be 110 million anti-personnel landmines in the ground in 68 countries (few of which are at war)...
    1997 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • Over the next eight months (through the holidays), we will have the opportunity to unite all the current campaigns pressing for greater corporate accountability for human rights. On Saturday, October 4, 1997, a Day of Conscience to End Sweatshop Abuses will be co-sponsored by the National Labor...
    1997 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists believe in the importance of religious community; and WHEREAS people with...
    1997 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS current global economic, social, and political developments have brought about greater concentration of wealth and economic power in the hands of major corporations and...
    1997 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Socially Responsible Investing
  • Because Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and Because marriage is held in honor among the blessings of life; and WHEREAS many states, the Congress, and the President of the United States are acting to void the recognition of same-sex marriages and to d...
    1996 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Marriage Equality, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • WHEREAS acts of desecration and destruction, including vandalism, fire bombing, and arson, have been perpetrated against more than 60 religious institutions and sacred sites in 16 of the United States since 1990, with a significant increase since January of 1996; WHEREAS churches, mosques, and...
    1996 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Religious & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm concern for the whole earth, all of earth's inhabitants, and the future we share; and WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist Association is an advocate for women's empowerment, voluntary family planning, sustainable development, and environmental justice; WHEREA...
    1996 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm the right of conscience and the use of the demo-cratic process within our congregations and in society at large; and BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists embrace reason, freedom, acceptance, love, and the value of human diversity as guiding principles...
    1996 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; and WHEREAS all children need love and support, including adequate nutrition and a nurturing environment, for sou...
    1996 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice
  • WHEREAS the civil wars in the Balkans have created great atrocities against civilians and particularly women, we condemn these internationally unlawful acts and the warfare between peoples and support the World Court and the United Nations to act in the most effective way to restrain these acts a...
    1995 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • WHEREAS in her report to the 1995 General Assembly, Executive Vice President Kathleen Montgomery called on our Association to promote safer congregations for women, children, and men; and BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice,...
    1995 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • "The necessaries of life...may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success..."...
    1995 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Living Wage Issues, Socially Responsible Investing
  • BECAUSE we covenant as Unitarian Universalists to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and BECAUSE we covenant as Unitarian Universalists to promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS passage of Proposition 187 in California in 1994 has spawned...
    1995 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Economic Justice, Immigration, Racial Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists are committed to the goal of a peaceful world characterized by justice, equity, and compassion for all; and WHEREAS play and media images are among the primary ways a child learns about the world; WHEREAS studies have demonstrated that exposure to media violence...
    1995 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • BECAUSE we affirm justice and compassion in human relations, the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and respect for the interdependent web of all existence; and BECAUSE we share the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; and WHEREAS waste and pollution,...
    1994 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • Because the Unitarian Universalist Association has long been an advocate for world peace, human rights, and environmental protection; and Because our principles, our concerns, and our vision for the future have often been expressed through our support for the United Nations and our celebration of...
    1994 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice
  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS Senator Edward Kennedy, along with Senator John Chafee and with the support of over 25 other Senators and 108 members o...
    1994 | Resolution of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Equal Opportunity, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality