Adopted at the Annual Meeting May 18, 2003

We, the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, having engaged in a process of self-examination and education in accordance with the Welcoming Congregation Guidelines of the Unitarian Universalist Association, do hereby declare ourselves to affirm bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender persons, to be responsive to their concerns, and to celebrate and be inclusive of bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender persons as members of our church community and our community at large; and we hereby request that the Unitarian Universalist Association designate our Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica a Unitarian Universalist Welcoming Congregation.