Unitarian Universalist Association of
Congregations
GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012
RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION
ON THE
WHEREAS the delegates of the 2010 General Assembly instructed the
UUA Board to create a “Justice General Assembly” in 2012, whose business is
accountable to partner organizations doing human rights work in Arizona; and
WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist Association has been asked by
partner organizations working with the Arizona Immigration Ministry to educate
our member congregations about the Doctrine of Discovery and to pass a resolution
repudiating it; and
WHEREAS the UUA Board of Trustees has submitted to the member
congregations a report explaining the Doctrine of Discovery and why the Board
believes it to be contrary to Unitarian Universalist Principles.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the delegates of the 2012
General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, repudiate the
Doctrine of Discovery as a relic of colonialism, feudalism, and religious,
cultural, and racial biases having no place in the modern day treatment of
indigenous peoples; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call upon the Unitarian
Universalist Association and its member congregations to review the historical
theologies, policies, and programs of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian
Universalism to expose the historical reality and impact of the Doctrine of
Discovery and eliminate its presence in the contemporary policies, programs
theologies, and structures of Unitarian Universalism; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call upon the Unitarian
Universalist Association to invite indigenous partners to a process of Honor
and Healing (often called Truth and Reconciliation), and if one or more
partners agree, to undergo such a process about Unitarian, Universalist, and
Unitarian Universalist complicity in the structures and policies that oppress indigenous
peoples and the earth; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call upon the leadership of the
Unitarian Universalist Association to make a clear and concise statement
repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and its current use in U.S. laws and
regulations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we encourage other religious bodies
to reject the use of the Doctrine of Discovery to dominate indigenous peoples,
and that the UUA collaborate with these groups to propose a specific
Congressional Resolution to repudiate this doctrine; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that we call upon the United States to
fully implement the standards of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. law and policy without qualifications. In doing
so, we support the establishment of commissions that include accountable
representatives of the indigenous nations of North America and the Hawai’ian Kingdom.
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Speaks of the Significance of the UUA Justice Conference Responsive Resolution on the Doctrine of Discovery
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