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Congregational Statements

Statement of Purpose
UUFSD is a safe haven and community of inspiration, creatively meeting the emotional, social, educational, and spiritual needs of our members and their families in ways consistent with our UU principles. Through this mutual support, we are empowered to transform the world, one person at a time.

Congregational Position on the Invasion of Iraq
(Adopted by a 92% vote on March 16, 2003)
In solidarity with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee which signed the Center for Community Change’s 1/03/03 ad in the New York Times, “Embrace Peace and Prosperity”; the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations which signed MoveOn.org’s 12/12/02 ad in the New York Times, “Let the Inspections Work”; Unitarian Universalist President Bill Sinkford’s 9/20/02 statement, "Responding to the Threat of War”; the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the UU Ministers' Association; and the statements of the Methodists, the United Church of Christ, and the Catholic Bishops, as well as religious individuals like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope John Paul II, and many other major denominations and clergy –
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito is adopting the following position:

As concerned citizens of the world and committed Unitarian Universalists, the congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito believes:

  1. The United States government must allow the United Nations’ process of inspection for weapons of mass destruction to go forward and must accept its outcome.
  2. The United States government must not make a pre-emptive strike against Iraq and must not wage war unilaterally.
  3. There are no excuses for the death and repression brought on the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein’s repressive regime.
  4. Any war with Iraq could cause massive loss of life on both sides, large financial burdens on all the governments and people involved, and could lead to an extended conflict with devastating effects on the U.S. economy and little hope for the future of Iraq.

We, therefore, encourage and promote reliance on peaceful means and negotiation to solve issues with Iraq, rather than military action, unless a unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council recommends otherwise.