VOTED: To establish a Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary Fund for the purpose of supporting sanctuary defendants, sanctuary churches and for the direct support of those in need of sanctuary....

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and justice, equity and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS, this is a time of increasing deplorable acts of terrorism, world-wide and domestic; and WHEREAS, one manifestati...

WHEREAS, the principles of religious liberty require the protection of the right of conscience in reproductive matters as deeply religious and personal decisions; and WHEREAS, actions of the religious right minority, and the current US Administration, increasingly threaten access to safe and lega...

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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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 constitutional principles of religious liberty, and the separation of church and state that safeguard liberty, and the ideal of a pluralistic society are under increasing attack in the Congress of the United States, in state legislatures, and in some sectors of the communications med...

WHEREAS, the central issues for religion include the beginning, duration, nature and meaning of life, the extent to which individuals can be in control of their own lives and bodies, and the moral and ethical responsibility of individuals to the lives and bodies of others; and WHEREAS, the 1982...

That the Board, acting in the spirit with which it adopted the policy regarding states which have not yet ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), will continue the boycott of those states until September 1, 1982, as a means of demonstrating its concern for the failure of the Amendment....

WHEREAS, a new international Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was approved by the United Nations in December, 1979, signed by seventy-five nations in Copenhagen in July, 1980, and is now awaiting ratification by member nations; and WHEREAS, this Conventi...

WHEREAS, the Radical Religious Right is a threat to the values of a free church and free society, values which the Universalist and Unitarian Churches have long struggled to maintain; and WHEREAS, in response to this threat, religious and secular groups have begun to work together to re-assert th...

THAT, while the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association supports the right of religious leaders of whatever persuasion to comment on political issues, we wish to express our concern regarding the authoritarianism of those groups such as Moral Majority, Inc., Christian Voice, a...

WHEREAS, the American Unitarian Association was one of the founders of the International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF); and as the Unitarian Universalist Association has continued to be a substantial supporter of this association of religious groups from twenty countries on all continen...

WHEREAS, both Houses of the United States Congress have voted to fund draft registration; and WHEREAS, previous General Assemblies of the Unitarian Universalist Association have passed resolutions which have: Affirmed that the settlement of international conflicts by war is inconsistent with our...

WHEREAS, the US Congress is now considering proposals on a new charter for the federal intelligence community; and WHEREAS, US intelligence agencies have used American and foreign clergy and church workers for clandestine operations and information collection; and WHEREAS, the 1976 UUA General...

WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association and its member societies have a longstanding commitment to use their power self-consciously and explicitly in the interests of their ideas; and WHEREAS, we believe that escalated international turmoil and violence are moving our government toward...