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  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1969 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms its adherence to the following principles: The unrestricted search for truth requires freedom to examine all questions, to seek ideas and evidence from all sources, to listen to any speaker for...
    1969 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
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  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1968 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Reaffirms its call for the abolition of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and all similar inquisitorial committees; Calls upon Congress to resist legislation which could repress the moral and...
    1968 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1968 General Assembly commends the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders for its comprehensive and insightful report and its many recommendations for governmental and non-governmental action....
    1968 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
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  • BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1968 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Commends the President and the United States Congress for passing civil rights legislation requiring equal opportunity in housing, calls upon the Congress to broaden further such legislation to cover all...
    1968 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity
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  • WHEREAS, controversy over foreign policy and civil rights has been attended by violence, including physical assault and public abuse directed towards those expressing a controversial point of view; and WHEREAS, controversial spokesmen have at times been denied permission to speak in public places...
    1968 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
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  • AFFIRMING: That a strong legislative branch of federal government is a necessary component of the United States constitutional system and that independence, intelligence and integrity are qualities essential to lawmaking bodies in a democracy; and OBSERVING: That respect for and confidence in the...
    1967 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform
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  • NOTING: That present administration of the Selective Service System has resulted in many inequities and uncertainties for the young men facing service; and NOTING ALSO: That the right of conscientious objection to military service has long been recognized as lawful if based upon religious belief ...
    1967 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Global Peace & Conflict, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • DECLARING: That tax exemption for churches and church property may amount to a government subsidy to religious organizations which is incompatible with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibiting establishment of religion; and DECLARING ALSO THAT: Tax exemption for religious...
    1967 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • FURTHER RESOLVED: That we urge the Unitarian Universalist Association to become increasingly aware of the problems and potentials of older adults within both the church and the community; and to become actively involved, both in meeting problems and developing potentials of older adults; and FURT...
    1966 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Religious & Civil Liberties, Reproductive Health
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  • RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the complete abolition of capital punishment in all United States and Canadian jurisdictions; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association seek to encourage the governors of the states and the Canadian cabinet ...
    1966 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Criminal Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • WHEREAS, federal, state and city narcotics laws declare the habitual use of narcotics to be a crime, while narcotics addiction is considered by the medical profession to be an illness and by many psychiatrists and social scientists to be a personality disorder rooted in psycho-social factors; and...
    1965 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Criminal Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • WHEREAS, registration procedures and the November 1964 elections in the state of Mississippi were conducted by the officials in that state in a manner clearly designed to discriminate systematically against Negro citizens of the state; and WHEREAS, qualified voters of Mississippi residing in the...
    1965 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform, Racial Justice
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  • BE IT RESOLVED: That whenever an effort is made to impose on the membership of a local congregation restrictions based on race, color, sex, national origin or creedal tests, our responsible leadership shall make prompt and firm declaration (publicly when the issue is public) of the stated general...
    1965 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Racial Justice
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  • Freedom of thought, speech and assembly being particularly essential in colleges and universities where minds must be completely unfettered in their search for the truth; BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association asserts that there should be no curtailment of student and faculty...
    1965 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
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  • AFFIRMING that the right to vote is elemental in our American society; NOTING that major obstacles are still being put by some states before Negroes who attempt to register to vote; and that after the passage of appropriate legislation physical and economic intimidation may nevertheless be used t...
    1965 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform, Racial Justice
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  • WHEREAS, persistent delays in the legislative process of the Congress of the United States result from certain of its traditions, precedents, rules and procedures; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association favors the revision of procedures in both Houses of the Congres...
    1964 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform
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  • WHEREAS, every phase of the religious education of children ought to be entirely in the hands of their respective parents or of the persons and agencies that these parents freely and individually choose; BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association express its opposition to all...
    1964 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious & Civil Liberties
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  • WHEREAS, meeting the medical needs of our aged population is a pressing social problem, and meeting the cost of medical care is frequently beyond the financial ability of the elderly; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association urge the Congress to enact legislation to...
    1964 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Religious & Civil Liberties, Reproductive Health
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  • RESOLVED: That in accordance with the purposes and objectives of the Unitarian Universalist Association, this Association and its members hereby declare and affirm their special responsibility to promote the full participation of persons, without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin, in...
    1964 | Business Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Equal Opportunity
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  • RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association, at its 1964 General Assembly, reaffirm, defend and promote the supreme worth of every human personality, the dignity of man, and the use of the democratic method in human relationships, as stated in the purposes and objectives of its...
    1964 | General Resolution
    Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty
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