[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AGAINST A PREVENTIVE WAR IN IRAQ, ENDORSED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF 
         THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF WELLESLEY HILLS

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                           HON. BARNEY FRANK

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 27, 2003

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I submit the following for the Record:

       As Unitarian Universalists, we are committed to: justice, 
     equity, and compassion in human relations; use of the 
     democratic process; the goal of world community with peace, 
     liberty, and justice for all; and respect for the 
     interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
       The undersigned members and friends of the Unitarian 
     Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills therefore stand in 
     moral opposition to preventive US military action against 
     Iraq, for a number of reasons: It will lead to loss of life, 
     both American and Iraqi, both civilian and military, as well 
     as great human suffering. It will divert resources away from 
     pressing domestic needs, isolate the United States from many 
     of our allies, and increase anger against this country from 
     those who wish us harm. And it will set a dangerous precedent 
     of first-strike response by nations that feel threatened.
       In opposing a preventive war and promoting a just and 
     peaceful world, the undersigned call upon the United States 
     government to: refrain from adopting a foreign policy of 
     preventive military strikes as a means of preventing war and 
     terrorism; find an alternative to violence and threats of 
     violence for resolving international problems and establish 
     the United States as a model international peacemaker; fully 
     involve the American people in democratic processes to create 
     and implement foreign policy; fully respect the inherent 
     worth, dignity, and civil liberties of all people; refrain 
     from justifying the taking of any civilian lives; and refrain 
     from jeopardizing the future of our planet by initiating 
     violence in the name of peace.

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