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Introduction
This project was initiated by the National Ethical Action Committee of the
American Ethical Union at the start of 1999. Its purpose is to offer anyone
access to the complete texts of all Resolutions passed by the AEU, starting
in 1948. This site now has nearly 240 files containing the available texts
of AEU Resolutions from the years 1948 through September 2004 (and a file
referring to the one resolution text known to be missing).
Note: The resolutions on this site do not include some which refer only to
internal policies of the AEU.
 FRACKING: AN ETHICAL CALL FOR ACTION by Staff, 2012
fracking | environment | health | yonkers | |
A series of articles produced by the New York Times as well as other national publications reveal the irreparable damage produced by hydraulic fracturing, colloquially known as Fracking. Citizens United by Staff, 2011
candidates | policy |
WHEREAS, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court in a highly controversial five to four decision, ruled that corporations are "persons" and as such have a virtually unlimited right to expend corporate funds in support of political candidates, and ... Statehood for the District of Columbia by Staff, 2011
WHEREAS, according to the Declaration of Independence, to secure the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, among others, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; and ... Military Chaplaincy by Staff, 2011
military | chaplaincy | freethinker | atheists |
The American Ethical Union authorizes the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers to utilize the American Ethical Union as its sponsoring organization to initiate a Military Chaplaincy Program. Reaffirming support for equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Questioning and Queer people by Staff, 2010
Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism affirms the worth and dignity of all people and supports equal rights for all. Climate Change Resolution by Staff, 2010
Urges the AEU Board of Trustees send letters to President Barack Obama and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to use all the constitutional power vested in the executive branch to take comprehensive steps to keep our air free of pollution and our planet free of the drastic consequences of global Climate Change 2009 by Staff, 2009
resolution | ethical | action |
WHEREAS: Climate Change is a catastrophe driven by human choices that have resulted in unsustainable and inequitable use of carbon-releasing energy sources, and Statement Reaffirming Its Opposition to Torture by Staff, 2008
torture | dignity | terror | apologize |
Resolution on Iraq by Staff, 2006
iraq | war | nlc | cooperation | geneva | reconstruction |
U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence by Staff, 2006
peace | nonviolence | us | congress |
Making Choices for AEU Support of Ethical Action Projects, Endorsements and ... by Staff, 2006
Millennium Development Goals by Staff, 2004
NLC Resolution on Marriage Equality by Staff, 2004
Resolved: that within Ethical Culture's religious context, we recognize same sex marriages as fully valid marriages. Repeal Phase II of President Bush's Ten-Year Tax Cut THE AMERICAN ETHICAL... by Staff, 2003
Opposing American War Against Iraq by Staff, 2003
war | iraq |
Physician?s Aid In Dying (PAD by Staff, 2003
International Criminal Court by Staff, 2001
School Vouchers by Staff, 2000
Middle East Situation by Staff, 2000
Capital Punishment by Staff, 2000
U.S. Debts To The United Nations by Staff, 1998
Resolution Concerning The State Of Chiapas by Staff, 1998
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by Staff, 1997
On the Legalization of Gay Marriage by Staff, 1996
On the Burning of Black Churches by Staff, 1996
Concern for Children in Poverty by Staff, 1996
Dr. Kevorkian and Assisted Suicide Resolution by Staff, 1993
Reproductive Rights by Staff, 1990-91
Reactivating Boycott Of Nestle & American Home Products by Staff, 1989
Grape Boycott by Staff, 1989
Health-Oriented Drug Abuse Policies by Staff, 1989
Education To Stop Manufacture & Sale Of War Toys & Games by Staff, 1989
war | toys | games |
Child Care & Early Childhood Education -- Church-State Separation by Staff, 1989
NESTLE'S FAILURE TO FULFILL ITS AGREEMENTS by Staff, 1988
Federal Action For Adequate Housing by Staff, 1988
Sanctions Against South Africa by Staff, 1987
Peace In Central America by Staff, 1987
Irradiation Of Food by Staff, 1987
Payment Of Past Due & Current Funds By The US To The UN by Staff, 1987
Dealing With The Ozone Depletion by Staff, 1987
Forcible Return Of Refugees From Salvador by Staff, 1986
Mandatory Retirement by Staff, 1986
Non-Violent Measures Against Terrorist Activities by Staff, 1986
Nuclear Power Plants & Nuclear Weapons by Staff, 1986
Separation Of Church And State by Staff, 1986
South Africa - Apartheid by Staff, 1986
The Problem Of Substance Abuse by Staff, 1986
Mutual Freeze by Staff, 1985
Budget Priorities by Staff, 1985
Civil Rights by Staff, 1985
Environmental Protection by Staff, 1985
chemicals | protection | pollution | regulation | environment |
Family Planning And Abortion by Staff, 1985
UN Fund For Population Activities by Staff, 1985
Affirmative Action by Staff, 1984
Congressional Quick Freeze by Staff, 1984
Freeze Weekend by Staff, 1984
Global Security by Staff, 1984
National Peace Academy by Staff, 1984
Secret Transportation Of Nuclear Warheads by Staff, 1984
US Involvement In Central America by Staff, 1984
Nuclear Energy Plants by Staff, 1983
Separation Of Church And State by Staff, 1983
Government Role In Militarization Of Central America by Staff, 1983
Disarmament by Staff, 1983
20th Anniversary of March on Washington by Martin Luther King, JR. by Staff, 1983
Limiting Federal Court Jurisdiction by Staff, 1982
Disarmament by Staff, 1982
El Salvador by Staff, 1982
Abortion Rights by Staff, 1982
Teaching Of Creationism by Staff, 1981
Halt The Nuclear Arms Race by Staff, 1981
Moral Democracy by Staff, 1981
Budget Priorities by Staff, 1981
Ethical Relationship With The Environment by Staff, 1981
Blatant Immoral Activities Of Reagan Administration by Staff, 1981
SALT II by Staff, 1979
Peacetime Selective Service by Staff, 1979
Rights Of Moral-Ethical Conscientious Objectors by Staff, 1979
No Public Funds For Non-Public Schools by Staff, 1979
Gun Control by Staff, 1979
Capital Punishment by Staff, 1979
Discrimination Against Homosexuals by Staff, 1979
Arms Reduction And National Priorities by Staff, 1979
Amnesty by Staff, 1979
Abortion by Staff, 1979
abortion |
Congressional Transfer Amendment by Staff, 1978
Public Financing Of Congressional Elections by Staff, 1978
Amnesty by Staff, 1976
Food Stamps by Staff, 1976
S-1 - Criminal Justice Reform Act of 1975 by Staff, 1976
American Indians by Staff, 1976
Nuclear Energy Risks by Staff, 1975
On Use Of Force To Resolve The Energy Shortage by Staff, 1975
Social Concerns by Staff, 1975
UNESCO and Israel by Staff, 1975
Middle East Situation by Staff, 1975
Energy Supply Corporation by Staff, 1975
Equal AirTime by Staff, 1975
Consumerism And The Regulatory Agencies by Staff, 1975
CIA Foreign Involvement by Staff, 1975
A Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban by Staff, 1975
war | nuclear |
World Resources And The Energy Crisis by Staff, 1974
Racial Discrimination by Staff, 1974
The Food Industry by Staff, 1974
The Use Of Torture by Staff, 1974
Home Rule For The District Of Columbia by Staff, 1974
Make Petroleum Industry A Public Utility by Staff, 1974
Gun Control by Staff, 1974
Federal Spending Priorities by Staff, 1974
Direct And/Or Indirect Military Aid To Indochina by Staff, 1974
Criminal Code by Staff, 1974
Chile by Staff, 1974
Urging Amnesty Now by Staff, 1973
United Nations by Staff, 1973
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AND REORDERING PRIORITIES by Staff, 1973
Support Of Farm Workers by Staff, 1973
Support Of Office Of Economic Opportunity by Staff, 1973
Strengthening Democratic Process Through Congressional Reform by Staff, 1973
Social Services by Staff, 1973
Public Housing by Staff, 1973
Impeachment by Staff, 1973
Integration In Housing by Staff, 1973
Mutual Understanding Of The Races by Staff, 1973
No Public Funds For Non-Public Schools by Staff, 1973
Opposing Continuation Of Conscription by Staff, 1973
Protection Of News Media Sources by Staff, 1973
Human Rights Of Yugoslav Scholars by Staff, 1973
Health Care by Staff, 1973
Circumscribing Presidential Powers by Staff, 1973
Capital Punishment by Staff, 1973
Busing Of Children by Staff, 1973
Bombing In Southeast Asia by Staff, 1973
Assistance To Developing Nations by Staff, 1973
Abortion by Staff, 1973
Welfare Reform by Staff, 1972
The Legalization Of Marijuana by Staff, 1972
The War In Southeast Asia by Staff, 1972
war | asia |
Rights Of Moral-Ethical Conscientious Objectors by Staff, 1972
Self-Government For The District Of Columbia by Staff, 1972
Liberty by Staff, 1972
Recognition And Aid For Bangladesh by Staff, 1972
Repatriation Of War Resisters Abroad by Staff, 1972
war | resisters |
Human Environment by Staff, 1972
Discrimination Against Homosexuals by Staff, 1972
Crime And Social Change by Staff, 1972
Child Development, Family And Day Care Centers by Staff, 1972
Amnesty by Staff, 1972
Busing by Staff, 1972
The War In Southeast Asia by Staff, 1971
war | asia |
Surveillance by Staff, 1971
The Pacifist Ideal by Staff, 1971
Supporting National Peace Rallies by Staff, 1971
Health Care by Staff, 1971
In Defense Of Freedom Of Mass News Media by Staff, 1971
Pollution by Staff, 1971
Sex Discrimination by Staff, 1971
Military Spending by Staff, 1971
Government Aid To Private And Parochial Schools by Staff, 1971
Equal Rights by Staff, 1971
Crime And Penal Reform by Staff, 1971
Environment by Staff, 1971
Child Development by Staff, 1971
1971 As International Year To Combat Racism by Staff, 1971
On Hunger And Poverty by Staff, 1969
Reaffirming Support Of Conscientious Objectors by Staff, 1969
For Granting Amnesty To War Resisters by Staff, 1969
war | resister |
For Withdrawal Of Our Armed Forces From Vietnam by Staff, 1969
war | vietnam | withdrawal |
On Poverty by Staff, 1968
For Ratification Of Human Rights Conventions by Staff, 1968
On Conscientious Objection by Staff, 1968
For The Right Of Dissent by Staff, 1968
Deploring The Indictment Of Dr. Benjamin Spock, Et Al by Staff, 1968
For Ending American Intervention In Vietnam by Staff, 1968
For Racial Justice And Social Reform by Staff, 1968
Support Of, Or Opposition To War A Moral Question by Staff, 1967
war |
For Recognition Of Non-Theistic Conscientious Objectors by Staff, 1967
Conscription by Staff, 1967
For Recognition Of Conscientious Objection To Particular Wars by Staff, 1967
Opposition To Anti-Miscegenation Laws by Staff, 1966
For Elimination Of Medicare Communist Disclaimer by Staff, 1966
Call For Steps To End War In Vietnam by Staff, 1966
For Divorce Law Reform by Staff, 1966
For Recognition And Seating In The Un Of The Peoples Republic Of China by Staff, 1965
For Humane Abortion Laws by Staff, 1965
Poverty Ethically Intolerable by Staff, 1964
For Abolition Of House Un-American Activities Committee by Staff, 1964
For Medical Care For The Aged by Staff, 1964
Restates Conviction That Church-State Separation Is Of Paramount Importance by Staff, 1962
Supports Organizations Assisting Victims Of Louisiana by Staff, 1962
Research and Information On Regulation Of Family Size Should Be Encouraged by Staff, 1962
For Research And Information On Regulation Of Family Size by Staff, 1962
Endorses Stand Of Joint Commission On Mental Illness And Health by Staff, 1962
Supports U.N. Freedom From Hunger Campaigns by Staff, 1962
Church-State Separation Is Of Paramount Importance by Staff, 1962
Supports Measures To Better Condition Of Migrant Workers by Staff, 1961
House Un-American Activities Committee Requested To Limit Its Scope by Staff, 1961
President Urged To Call National Conference On Narcotic Addiction by Staff, 1961
Against Aid To Sectarian Schools And Religious Observances In Public Schools by Staff, 1961
Constitutional Principle Of Separation Of Church And State Reaffirmed by Staff, 1961
Urges Liberalizing Immigration Laws To Admit Displaced Persons by Staff, 1960
Urges Members To Support Citizen Activity Against Segregation by Staff, 1960
Urges Governments To Seek World Safeguards Against Atomic Energy by Staff, 1960
Universal Right To Child Adoption Regardless Of Religious Beliefs by Staff, 1960
Union Of South Africa Urged To End Apartheid, Restore Human Rights by Staff, 1960
Support For Citizen Activity Against Segregation by Staff, 1960
Opposition To All Forms Of Racial Discrimination by Staff, 1960
Reaffirms Opposition To Any Racial Discrimination by Staff, 1960
Strong Advocacy For Peace, Disarmament, World Organization And Cooperation by Staff, 1960
Maintains Universal Right To Child Adoption Regardless Of Religious Beliefs by Staff, 1960
Disarmament, Un Peace Forces, World Organization And Cooperation by Staff, 1960
Endorses The Declaration On The Rights Of The Child by Staff, 1960
Alerts Members To Problems Of Aging, Urging Studies And Cooperative Action by Staff, 1960
Abolition of Capital Punishment Advocated by Staff, 1960
Abolition of Capital Punishment by Staff, 1960
Racial Integration In Housing A Fundamental Ethical Principle by Staff, 1959
Recognition Of Pacifist Conscientious Objectors On Nontheistic Grounds by Staff, 1959
For Recognition As Conscientious Objectors Of Pacifists On Non-Theistic... by Staff, 1959
Statement In Support Of Planned Parenthood by Staff, 1958
Deplores Outbreaks Caused By Racial And Religious Intolerance by Staff, 1958
Reaffirms Support On Tenth Anniversary Of Declaration Of Human Rights by Staff, 1958
Belief In Supreme Being Not Necessary For Moral Life by Staff, 1954
Belief In Supreme Being Not Necessary For Moral Life by Staff, 1954
Control And Allocation Of Atomic Energy For Peaceful Pursuits Of Mankind by Staff, 1954
Reaffirmation Of Faith In Un To Counteract Groups Opposing It by Staff, 1953
Reaffirms Faith In United Nations, To Counteract Groups Opposing It by Staff, 1953
U.S. Support To Obtain Basic Human Rights And Better Living Conditions by Staff, 1951
Protection Of Teachers From Pressure Group Demands Supported by Staff, 1951
U.S. Efforts To Aid Distressed Areas, Urging Greater World Understanding by Staff, 1951
AEU asks Inclusion in Covenant of Declaration of Human Rights by Staff, 1951
AEU Urges Increased Assistance To Underdeveloped Countries by Staff, 1951
Asks U.S. Senate To Ratify Genocide Convention by Staff, 1951
Petitions U.S. To Pool Quotas To Permit Full Immigration Yearly by Staff, 1951
Seeks Reestablishment Of International Ethical Union by Staff, 1950
Favors Ratification Of Genocide Convention by Staff, 1950
Civil Rights A Moral And Ethical Obligation by Staff, 1950
Congress Urged To Hasten Action On Proposed Federal Aid To Education by Staff, 1950
Against Segregation by Staff, 1950
AEU Endorses Universal Declaration Of Human Rights by Staff, 1949
AEU Reaffirms Its Resolve To Support World Peace by Staff, 1949
AEU Reaffirms Its Resolve To Support World Peace by Staff, 1949
AEU Urges Lifting Immigration Barriers To Admit All Asian And Pacific... by Staff, 1949
Encroachments On Constitutional Principle Of Separation Of Church And State by Staff, 1949
Endorsement Of U.N. Universal Declaration Of Human Rights by Staff, 1949
Federal Public School Aid Endorsed; Funds For Sectarian Purposes Opposed by Staff, 1949
Proposals To Provide Federal Aid To Private Sectarian Schools by Staff, 1948
Support Changes Proposed By President by Staff, 1948
Need To Promote Cooperation Towards World Peace by Staff, 1948
Create Committee To Give Support To United Nations by Staff, 1948
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