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...

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, in the Bakke case, the Supreme Court affirmed the use of color as one of the means of opening opportunities for professional, scholarly, and technical training to blacks and other historically disadvantaged groups; and WHEREAS, relatively few blacks and other historically disadvantaged...

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 ...

RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association publish each year in a manner intended to achieve wide notice a report of its efforts to provide equal employment opportunity to women and racial minorities at all levels of its staff, said report to include a statistical summary similar in sc...

WHEREAS, in the United States women are still deprived of equal Constitutional rights, equal salaries, equal access to positions of responsibility and equal treatment in terms of health care, insurance and Social Security; and WHEREAS, men would benefit from equality of rights under the law; 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, the 1970 General Assembly of the UUA by unanimous vote expressed its agreement with the support of Project Equality; and WHEREAS, this General Assembly of 1972 desires to demonstrate that the UUA implement its affirm-ations of social justice; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the General...