Ending Corporate Personhood and
Money equals Speech with a
28th Constitutional Amendment
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UU Action of Immediate Witness
An Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) was passed in the 2013 UUA General Assembly, "Amend the Constitution: Corporations are not Persons and Money is not Speech." This AIW recognizes that unlimited spending by wealthy people and large corporations in political campaigns, granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in past decisions over many years, threatens the democratic process of our UU 5th Principle. The U.S. government has been corrupted by this.
Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court's granting of inalienable Constitutional rights to corporations has had the effect of giving them inordinate power over communities and the rights of everyday flesh and blood people. This is resulting in major harms to the welfare of all peoples as well as the interdependent web of all life (UU 7th Principle).
Our 2015 work group supports Move to Amend's "We the People Amendment" and works in Oregon to educate the people and build support for just such a constitutional amendment.
Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court's granting of inalienable Constitutional rights to corporations has had the effect of giving them inordinate power over communities and the rights of everyday flesh and blood people. This is resulting in major harms to the welfare of all peoples as well as the interdependent web of all life (UU 7th Principle).
Our 2015 work group supports Move to Amend's "We the People Amendment" and works in Oregon to educate the people and build support for just such a constitutional amendment.
