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Abortion
Study Materials on Abortion (2006) CC06.04.19d
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.11
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.12
Late-term Abortions (2001) CA01.06.43
Abortion (2001) CA01.06.44
Abortion (1999) CA99.06.33
Abortion (1997) CC97.04.31
Abortion (1997) CA97.06.30
Abortion (1995) CC95.11.79

Africa
Liberia (2004) CC04.04.33
Gambella, Ethiopia (2004) CC04.11.68s
Liberia, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe (2002) CC02.04.15
Report: World Hunger Appeal and Program, and Stand with Africa (2001) CA01.06.27
Stand with Africa (2001) CA01.07.55
African Development Foundation and Development Fund for Africa (1995) CA95.07.66

American Indians
The Sponsorship of Legal Gaming by American Indian Tribes (2007) CC07.11.77
Gambling (2003) CA03.06.43

Civil Rights
Support for Persecuted Churches (2003) CA03.06.40
Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act (2002) CC02.11.61
Birmingham Pledge (2001) CA01.02.07

Death Penalty
Moratorium on Death Penalty (2002) CC02.04.25a

Disability Ministries
Accessibility Sunday (2001) CA01.07.70
Deaf Ministry (2001) CA01.07.71
Braille and Tape Ministry (2001) CA01.07.73

Domestic Hunger and Poverty
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (2001) CA01.07.59
Workfare (Work Programs) (1999) CA99.06.43
Economic Justice (1999) CA99.06.44
Fair Labor Practices — Employment (1997) CA97.06.29
Workers Rights (1991) CA91.06.35
Domestic Hunger, Poverty and Substandard Housing (1991) CA91.07.115
Health and Human Resources (1991) CA91.07.59
Welfare (1989) CA89.02.5

Education
National School Violence Campaign (2006) CC06.04.19i

Election Reform
Congressional Voting Representation for the District of Columbia (2001) CA01.07.62
U.S. Election Campaign Finance Reform (1995) CA95.07.67

Environment
Caring for Creation (2005) CA05.07.39
Caring for Creation (2004) CC04.04.32
Global Warming (2001) CA01.07.57
Environment — Care of Creation (1995) CA95.05.26a
Environment — Energy Audits (1995) CA95.05.26b
Environmental Concerns (1989) CA89.08.108

Farms and Rural Issues
The Family Farm (2001) CA01.05.21
Economic Crisis in Rural America (1999) CA99.03.09
Farmers in Crisis (1998) CC98.11.56
Family Farms (1995) CA95.05.44
Rural Congregations (1989) CA89.08.118

Gambling
The Sponsorship of Legal Gaming by American Indian Tribes (2007) CC07.11.77
Gambling (2003) CA03.06.43
Economic Justice (1999) CA99.06.44

Genetics
Statement on Bioethical Research (2005) CA05.06.25
Genetically Modified Organisms in the Food Supply (2004) CC04.11.57
Faith and Science Ministry (2003) CA03.06.56

Gun Control
Community Violence — Gun Control (1993) CA93.06.10
Ban of Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons (1989) CA89.02.10

Health and Health Care
Health Care Reform (2009) CA09.04.18
HIV and AIDS Education (2005) CA05.06.29
Donation of Organs, Tissue, and Whole Blood (2004) CC04.04.14
Medicare and Health Care (2004) CC04.04.23d
Genetically Modified Organisms in the Food Supply (2004) CC04.11.57
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.11
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.12
Human Services Funding (2003) CA03.06.39
Organ and Tissue Donation (2003) CA03.06.44
Faith and Science Ministry (2003) CA03.06.56
Healthcare Policy (2001) CA01.02.08
Health and Human Resources (1991) CA91.07.59
Health Care (1989) CA89.02.4
Organ Donation (1989) CA89.07.72

HIV / AIDS
Funding of the HIV and AIDS Strategy (2009) CA09.03.08
HIV and AIDS Education (2005) CA05.06.29
The AIDS Crisis (1991) CA91.02.6

Homosexuality
Pastoral Care for Gay and Lesbian People (2003) CA03.05.11
The Definition and Blessing of Committed Same-Gender Relationships (2001) CA01.06.28
Ordination of Gay and Lesbian Persons (2001) CA01.06.36
Response to Saint Paul Area Synod Council Resolution on "Vision and Expectations" (2000) CC00.11.67
The Ordination of Non-Celibate Gay and Lesbian Persons (1999) CA99.06.27
Educational Materials on Homosexuality (1999) CA99.06.57
Ordination of Openly Gay and Lesbian Persons (1997) CA97.06.28
Welcoming Gay and Lesbian People (1995) CA95.06.50
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality: Treatment of Gay and Lesbian People (1993) CA93.03.4
Gay and Lesbian People in the Military (1993) CA93.06.12
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality (1991) CA91.07.51

Immigration and Refugees
Toward Compassionate, Just, and Wise Immigration Reform — CC09.11.71
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Immigrants (2005) CA05.06.26
Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers (2003) CA03.05.10
Response to Denial of Visas to Delegates to the 2003 LWF Assembly (2003) CA03.06.29
Refugees (2002) CC02.04.11
Asylum Seekers and Refugees (2001) CA01.07.61
Immigration (1999) CA99.06.45
Immigrants and Refugees (1991) CA91.07.69
Central American Refugees (1989) CA89.07.78

International Affairs
Strategy for Engagement in Israel and Palestine (2009) CA09.06.36
Separation Wall in Palestine (2005) CC05.04.19
For Peace in Iraq (2005) CC05.04.35e
Ending World Hunger (2005) CC05.04.35f 
Sex Slaves (2005) CC05.11.76b
Opposition to the War in Iraq (2005) CA05.07.39
Military Action on the Island of Vieques (2003) CC03.04.27r
Peace in the Holy Land (2003) CA03.02.07
Support for Lutheran Ministries in Palestine (2003) CA03.04.09
Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers (2003) CA03.05.10
Response to Denial of Visas to Delegates to the 2003 LWF Assembly (2003) CA03.06.29
Appeal for Human Rights in Laos (2003) CA03.06.30
Haiti Solidarity Week (2003) CA03.06.42 
Palestine and Support for the Church (2002) CC02.04.02
Middle East Prayer Vigil (2002) CC02.04.09
Refugees (2002) CC02.04.11
Liberia, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe (2002) CC02.04.15
Iraq (2002) CC02.11.65
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and Palestine (2001) CC01.04.22
Support for the People of Vieques, Puerto Rico (2001) CA01.02.06
Israeli-Palestinian Relations (2001) CA01.05.19
Stand with Africa (2001) CA01.07.55
Support for the Haitian People (2001) CA01.07.56 
Resolution on Conflict in the Middle East (2000) CC00.11.70
The Decade of Nonviolence and World Peace (1999) CC99.04.43a.3
Use of Lutheran World Relief Coffee (1999) CA99.03.04
Persecution of Christians (1999) CA99.03.07
Peace — Nonviolence (1999) CA99.06.40
United States War Matériel (1999) CA99.06.41
U.S. Navy Operations in Vieques, Puerto Rico (1999) CA99.06.42
Immigration (1999) CA99.06.45
Religious Persecution (1997) CA97.06.48
Resolution on Jerusalem (1996) CC96.04.12
Guatemala (1995) CA95.03.7
Advocacy with the U.S. Government — Aid to Cuba (1995) CA95.07.63
African Development Foundation and Development Fund for Africa (1995) CA95.07.66
Middle East (1993) CA93.08.98
Conflict in the Middle East (1991) CA91.06.33
U.S. Military Aid to El Salvador: Campaign of Prayer, Fasting, and Vigils (1991) CA91.07.108
Immigrants and Refugees (1991) CA91.07.69
Liberia (1991) CA91.07.74
Central America (1989) CA89.04.21
Central American Refugees (1989) CA89.07.78
China (1989) CA89.07.80
Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia (1989) CA89.08.115
Israel and the Occupied Territories (1989) CA89.08.114

Justice for Women
Proposed Social Statement on Justice for Women (2009) CA09.06.31

Lutheran Disaster Response
Lutheran Disaster Response (2009) CA09.04.21

Malaria
Lutheran Malaria Initiative (2009) CA09.02.06

Middle East
Separation Wall in Palestine (2005) CC05.04.19
ELCA Engagement in Israel and Palestine (2005) CA05.06.23
Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2004) CC04.04.21
Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2004) CC04.04.22
Peace in the Holy Land (2003) CA03.02.07
Support for Lutheran Ministries in Palestine (2003) CA03.04.09
Palestine and Support for the Church (2002) CC02.04.02
Middle East Prayer Vigil (2002) CC02.04.09
Iraq (2002) CC02.11.65
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and Palestine (2001) CC01.04.22
Israeli-Palestinian Relations (2001) CA01.05.19
Economic Sanctions Against Iraq and Cuba (2001) CA01.06.37
Resolution on Conflict in the Middle East (2000) CC00.11.70
Resolution on Jerusalem (1996) CC96.04.12
Middle East (1993) CA93.08.98
Conflict in the Middle East (1991) CA91.06.33
Israel and the Occupied Territories (1989) CA89.08.114

Military
Military Action on the Island of Vieques (2003) CC03.04.27r
Support for "People of Faith: An Urgent Call" (2003) CA03.06.46 
Military Expenditures (1999) CA99.03.08 
United States War Matériel (1999) CA99.06.41
U.S. Navy Operations in Vieques, Puerto Rico (1999) CA99.06.42
Landmines (1997) CA97.02.3 
U.S. Army School of the Americas (1995) CA95.03.6 
Gay and Lesbian People in the Military (1993) CA93.06.12
U.S. Military Aid to El Salvador: Campaign of Prayer, Fasting, and Vigils (1991) CA91.07.108

Nuclear Weapons
Support for "People of Faith: An Urgent Call" (2003) CA03.06.46 

Organ Donation
Donation of Organs, Tissue, and Whole Blood (2004) CC04.04.14
Organ and Tissue Donation (2003) CA03.06.44
Faith and Science Ministry (2003) CA03.06.56
Organ Donation (1989) CA89.07.72

Peace
For Peace in Iraq (2005) CC05.04.35e
ELCA Engagement in Israel and Palestine (2005) CA05.06.23
Opposition to the War in Iraq (2005) CA05.07.38
Peace in the Holy Land (2003) CA03.02.07
Support for "People of Faith: An Urgent Call" (2003) CA03.06.46 
Nonviolence (2003) CA03.06.47
Peace (2001) CA01.07.60
The Decade of Nonviolence and World Peace (1999) CC99.04.43a.3
Peace — Nonviolence (1999) CA99.06.40 

Prisons
Prison Reform (2003) CA03.06.41
Moratorium on Death Penalty (2002) CC02.04.25a 

Prostitution
Commercial Sexual Exploitation (2001) CC01.11.101

Racism
Working Against Racism (2003) CA03.06.22
Anti-Racism (2002) CC02.11.52
Racial Hate Crimes (2001) CA01.07.58
Boycott of South Carolina Due to the Use of the Confederate Flag (1999) CA99.06.31
Fair Labor Practices - Employment (1997) CA97.06.29
Racism (1989) CA89.02.6

Schools
National School Violence Campaign (2006) CC06.04.19i
Education Social Statement (2002) CC02.04.08
Social Policy Resolution on School Voucher Proposals (2001) CA01.06.26
Social Statement on Education (2001) CA01.06.40
School Vouchers (2000) CC00.04.13 

Sexuality
Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust (2009) CA09.03.13
Social Statement on Sexuality (2005) CC05.04.20
Sex Slaves (2005) CC05.11.76b
Sexuality and Church Unity ELCA Studies on Sexuality Recommendation I (2005) CA05.05.17
Sexuality and Pastoral Ministry ELCA Studies on Sexuality Recommendation II (2005) CA05.05.18
Pastoral Care for Gay and Lesbian People (2003) CA03.05.11
ELCA Studies on Sexuality Timeline (2003) CA03.06.27
Requests for Consideration by the ELCA Studies on Sexuality Task Force (2003) CA03.06.52
Studies on Sexuality (2002) CC02.04.10
Commercial Sexual Exploitation (2001) CC01.11.101
Studies on Sexuality (2001) CC01.11.103
The Definition and Blessing of Committed Same-Gender Relationships (2001) CA01.06.28
Ordination of Gay and Lesbian Persons (2001) CA01.06.36
Social Statement on Human Sexuality (2001) CA01.06.45
Response to Saint Paul Area Synod Council Resolution on "Vision and Expectations" (2000) CC00.11.67
The Ordination of Non-Celibate Gay and Lesbian Persons (1999) CA99.06.27
Educational Materials on Homosexuality (1999) CA99.06.57
Ordination of Openly Gay and Lesbian Persons (1997) CA97.06.28
Welcoming Gay and Lesbian People (1995) CA95.06.50
Social Statements / Human Sexuality (1995) CA95.06.59
Study of Human Sexuality (1995) CA95.07.72
Study of Human Sexuality (1995) CA95.07.73
Harassment, Assault, and Discrimination Due to Sexual Orientation (1993) CC93.03.37
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality: Treatment of Gay and Lesbian People (1993) CA93.03.4
Gay and Lesbian People in the Military (1993) CA93.06.12
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality (1991) CA91.07.51
Sexual Abuse and Harassment (1991) CA91.07.52
Sexual Harassment (1989) CA89.04.18

Social Statements
Proposed Social Statement on Human Disability (2009) CA09.06.37
Social Statement on Sexuality (2005) CC05.04.20
Policies and Procedures of the ELCA for Addressing Social Concerns (2004) CC04.11.56
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.11
Health Care Social Statement (2003) CC03.04.12
Review of Procedures for Social Statements (2003) CC03.04.13
Social Statements (1987) CA87.30.13 

Youth / Children
Safe Haven for Children (1999) CA99.03.03
Youth Violence (1999) CA99.03.05