BECAUSE the Canadian Council of Churches' 1969 estimate of the number of United States military refugees and draft resisters was 60,000 with projections of 20,000 per year together with substantial numbers of similar expatriates in other countries; and BECAUSE most of these young men left the Uni...

RECOGNIZING: That the rapid increase of violent crime accompanies a vast public ignorance and prejudice about its causes and methods of correction as seen by modern experts; NOTING: That the majority of persons arrested are males between 10-30 years suffering such social injustices as poverty,...

WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association opposes any kind of surveillance of private citizens or government employees; and WHEREAS, we feel that such surveillance leads to a potential for control and intimidation that is alien to our form of government and foreign to a society of free men ...

OBSERVING: That for seventy years the citizens of the District of Columbia enjoyed local home rule, then in the troubled period following the Civil War, Congress abolished the elected local government and since that time has exercised detailed control of the District's affairs; NOTING: That the...

SHARING the fears of such authorities as Arthur Goldberg and Roy Wilkins, etc., regarding governmental terror campaigns against dissenting groups; ACKNOWLEDGING the findings of the federal grand jury that local police and federal government agencies conspired to conceal evidence of an illegal pol...

WHEREAS, the present local, state or provincial and federal laws in the United States and Canada regarding the growing, sale, trade, possession and consumption of cannibus sativa (marijuana) are based largely on public hysteria and myth, rather than on any established data about the effects of...

In keeping with the long-standing moral commitment of Unitarian Universalists expressed by the 1966 General Assembly in its Statement of Consensus on Racial Justice, which pledges us "to work to eliminate all vestiges of discrimination and segregation in (our) churches and fellowships. . . and to...

RECOGNIZING: That women have minority status in terms of employment opportunities, legal rights, the educational system, political power, and positions of influence in religious bodies; AWARE: That woman tend to react to their cultural image by limiting their aspirations and by forming low...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1969 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges that the President and Congress take immediate steps to abolish the Selective Service System and establish a volunteer military service with the financial, educational, and professional incentives...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...