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	Religious Society of Friends
		Quakers did not believe in performing any special rites or sacraments, believing that holiness can exist in all the activities of one's life -- all of life was sacred.
		Quaker marriage ceremonies are performed in the manner of Quaker worship, meaning there was no priest or high official to conduct the ceremony and sanction the union.
		Quakers were among the first to pioneer humane treatment for the mentally ill, with The York Retreat[?], an asylum set up by William Tuke[?] (1732-1822) as a reaction to the harsh nature of 18th century asylum care.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/qu/Quakers.html (2482 words)

	A Quaker Action Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Quaker Action Group was founded in Philadelphia during the summer of 1966 to "apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam".
		AQAG, which was based in the peace committees of the Religious Society of Friends' New York and Philadelphia Yearly meetings, aimed to renew the Society of Friends commitment to its historic peace testimony.
		In the early seventies, AQAG, having abandoned its goal of transforming the Society of Friends, evolved into the Movement for a New Society, a self-styled "transformational network" which would play key role in the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Quaker_Action_Group (241 words)

	A QUAKER ACTION GROUP v. MORTON, 516 F.2d 717 (D.C. Cir. 1975) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		[1] In March, 1969, A Quaker Action Group and other plaintiffs[fn1] filed suit in District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that regulations governing public gatherings in the White House area are unconstitutional, and a permanent injunction against their enforcement by the Department of the Interior.
		Quaker Action I. On appeal, we affirmed the issuance of the preliminary injunction, and ordered that the case proceed to trial expeditiously.
		Quaker Action alleged that it had not applied for a permit out of its apprehension that the Park Service would arrest its demonstrating members if their numbers exceeded the limitations in the regulations.
	www.andybloch.com /appeal/cases/QuakerIV.html (12812 words)

	A QUAKER ACTION GROUP v. HICKEL, 429 F.2d 185 (D.C. Cir. 1970) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This case involves an action instituted by several citizens groups seeking declaratory judgment that certain regulations of the Department of the Interior restricting picketing in front of the White House to 100 persons and in Lafayette Square to 500 persons are unconstitutional.
		As to the Quaker Action Group, they have no standing to complain since they have not filed any application and the size of their group is unknown.
		Thus, in cases where groups of potential demonstrators contain any individual who preaches violence or revolution or has extreme attitudes on confrontation, very difficult problems are presented to the security forces guarding the White House and courts must recognize that obvious fact in the extent to which they would upset Executive action in such matters.
	www.andybloch.com /appeal/cases/QuakerII.html (2993 words)

	An Introduction to the Religious Society of Friends
		Quakers do not establish ranks of saints or prophets, but they respect those persons in the past and present who seem to have this Christlike ability to express religious thinking and to show others the way in which we should try to live.
		Although their other religious beliefs and practices are rather different from those of the Quakers, all three groups have increasingly worked together to oppose the use of violence in international, community, and personal affairs, to search for peaceful alternatives to violence, and to provide services and reconciliation which might lessen the resort to violence.
		Quakers who kept their ideals intact would then be likely to try to reason with the attackers, to appeal to their better nature (that of God?), to their sense of fairness, to common sense.
	www.quakercapecod.org /quakerintro.htm (9137 words)

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	Twin Falls Quaker Worship Group
		Quakerism is often termed a mystical religion, but it differs from other mystical religions important ways.
		The unprogrammed Quaker meeting may be considered an expression of that group mysticism.
		Action, in turn, leads to greater spiritual understanding — both by individuals and by the Meeting as a whole.
	twinfalls.quaker.org (385 words)

	Quaker Earthcare Witness
		Quaker spiritual and business practices offer a unique approach in the search for sustainable lifestyles, which demands creativity, experimentation and conflict resolution.
		Quaker witness to sustainability, and to develop participants skills in facilitating projects and processes in their meetings.
		Initiatives range from holding study groups to setting up businesses, and from public information campaigns to practical action for the local environment.
	www.quakerearthcare.org /KindredGroups/BritainYearlyMeeting/LWP.htm (407 words)

	Glossary
		In general, the Quaker approach seeks the enhancement of both the individual and the group at the expense of neither.
		FCNL Friends Committee for National Legislation This group provides a lobby with the US Congress and inspiration to local Quaker groups to do political action.
		This group helps local meetings to be aware of ecological and environmental issues and encourages them to take local action.
	homepages.tscnet.com /mmoore/Quaker/Glossary.htm (1507 words)

	The Quakers and Abolition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Quakers acted on their beliefs by trying to convince slave owners that slavery was morally wrong.
		Many of these Quaker women (Lucy Strong, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and others) were also instrumental in forming the women's movement, putting the skills they had learned in advocating for the rights of slaves into use in promoting the rights of women.
		Some abolitionist Quakers such as Susan B. Anthony left the Quaker faith (she became a Unitarian) when they felt that the Quakers were not forceful enough in political action for abolition.
	www.rit.edu /~747back/quakers.htm (630 words)

	Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Fox's wife, Margaret Fell, was as vocal and literate as her husband, publishing several tracts in Quakerism's early days.
		Quakers were effectively banned from sitting in Parliament at Westminster from 1698-1833.
		Throughout their history, Quakers have founded organizations for many causes they felt are in keeping with their faith.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quakers (6619 words)

	This little guy has a big attitude - Quaker Parrots Forum
		Yes, I've had my Quaker to run up the arm of the couch just so he could go bite my big Moluccan cockatoo's (male) toe! I thought my sweet birds would be fine with the M2 on the couch arm and the Quaker on my hand but my Quaker had a diffeerent idea.
		In my experience Quakers can be quite fearless at times (say when they are jealous or the other bird has something they want bad!).
		Aww how very cute..Yes Quakers are little green dragons.Buddy will get on the floor and chase Zeus the samoyed and he runs too and there I am after them telling this little blue Bully to get off the floor and leave poor Zeus alone...lol..
	www.quakerparrots.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2060 (997 words)

	Taking away the occasion for war : Quaker Action : Newsroom : AFSC
		AFSC efforts to shift the UN from “reaction to deadly conflict” to “prevention” have their roots in the Quaker vision of “taking away the occasion for war,” which AFSC has translated into on-the-ground conflict resolution training, mediation, advocacy, and systems for early warning and action.
		Quaker UN Offices (QUNO) in New York and Geneva have worked behind the scenes for more than a decade with UN officials, diplomats, and nongovernmental organizations to create a “prevention” agenda at the UN.
		Quaker UN staff will take leadership roles in the global steering group for conference follow-up, and will work to bring UN attention to “forgotten conflicts.” AFSC staff will be central in implementing the plans in the Middle East and in the Andean Region of South America, including joint projects with UN agencies working on peace.
	www.afsc.org /news/quaker-action/fall2005/takingaway.htm (482 words)

	Quaker WebRing
		The School of the Spirit is a Quaker ministry of prayer and learning which operates the two-year On Being a Spiritual Nurturer Program, silent retreats and occasional other offerings.
		Merion Friends Meeting is a Quaker community in Merion Station, PA, Lower Merion Township, near Bala Cynwyd, Narberth, Wynnewood, and the Wynnefield and Overbrook sections of West Philadelphia.
		The New Foundation Fellowship is a group of people dedicated to reproclaiming the Everlasting Gospel as preached by George Fox and the other early Friends.
	u.webring.com /hub?ring=quakers (1164 words)

	Quaker Universalist Group : Home Page
		The Quaker Universalist Group is an informal group within the Quaker movement based on our understanding that spiritual awareness is accessible to everyone of any religion or none, and that no one faith can claim to have a final revelation or monopoly of truth.
		Our vision today is for the Society of Friends (Quakers) no longer to be just an arbour in the Christian garden but to be the seedbed of dynamic faith where those of any religion or none worship together in silence, ministry and witness, in the Quaker way.
		To play a part in the re-kindling of the Quaker flame, so that the Society of Friends may be bolder in speaking to the urgent needs of a materialistic world that has lost its spiritual way.
	www.qug.org.uk (944 words)

	Information on Quakerism - online resources on the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) faith, history, leading ...
		Quakers Ralph and Kay Hilgendorf of St. Paul, Minnesota, to be honored for lifetime devotion to peace and social justice.
		Seattle Quakers tell homeless they can no longer camp outside their property.
		Network of groups and individuals committed to the protection of life, which is threatened in today's world by war, abortion, poverty, racism, capital punishment and euthanasia.
	www.quakerinfo.com (1148 words)

	Quaker Learning Process
		This makes us all players who have a stake in the strengthening of the Quaker Learning Process, be it in the school or in the many Quaker families and Monthly Meetings of the region.
		This could serve as a model for the national Quaker community, other Friends Schools and Friends Colleges with a new, and yet very old, framework from which individual, family, and faith community development can be strengthened.
		The QFN group is actively engaged, via computer conference technology, in the exploring of this task and will organize a pilot program of such support during 1998-99.
	www.quakernet.org /LRP/LRP_chapter4.htm (1257 words)

	Quaker Center \| Redwood Lodge Construction
		Three Quaker Meetings, College Park Quarterly Meeting, California Peace Action, the American Medical Students Association, Youth for Environmental Sanity, an herbal medicine institute, a group of women singing for peace, and students from two community colleges studying progressive social movements have been among our first users.
		We are committed to reaching out to the progressive nonprofit community, to let them know this beautiful new facility is available at very affordable rates for their Board meetings, staff retreats, and residential programs.
		With your continued friendship and support, Quaker Center has a solid foundation for the important work we are called to do in the coming years.
	www.quakercenter.org /Pages/AboutUsPages/RedwoodConstruction.html (468 words)

	Sustainability and Truth
		But as a Quaker organization, QEW has brought a somewhat different set of values and testimonies to bear.
		But other Quaker writers have pointed out that, as a rational technique for moderating our demands on natural resources, even sustainability is still not enough.
		This suggests why Quakers in general have not warmed up to the word "sustainbility." For many it has failed to evoke a compelling sense of being in a living, loving relationship with the divine in all Creation, in the way that terms like "reverence for life," "ahimsa," and "tikkun" speak to other faith traditions.
	www.quakerearthcare.org /RightRelationship/Sust_Article.htm (631 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends
		QUIP is Quakers Uniting In Publishing, a consortium of Quaker Publishers.
		The Quaker Tapestry is made in a form known as a narrative crewel embroidery.
		Quaker Books for Friends is distributed free of charge as an independent monthly newsletter featuring eclectic reviews of books of interest to Christian Friends.
	www.quaker.org (2557 words)

	Quaker Ecology Action Network - CYM
		The Quaker Ecology Action Network (QEAN) is a grassroots initiative of members and attenders of Quaker Meetings in Canada whose purpose is to explore and share a Quaker faith perspective on issues relating to the human-earth relationship.
		In its first 2 years of existence it was called the Ecological Working Group of CYM, but the name was changed in 2001 to emphasize its Action orientation.
		Members of our group come from all walks of life including teachers, homemakers, craftspeople, scientists, engineers, writers, farmers, artists, health care professionals, computer programmers, ministers (all), parents, babies, young people, and retired folks.
	www.quaker.ca /qean (618 words)

	Four
		These groups were set up to welcome fl families into previously all-white areas and to oppose legislation like California’s Proposition 14.
		Russell was able to travel among the Chinese people and meet with officials, and noted improving conditions of people’s livelihood in spite of difficulties, and a continuing traditional aversion to militarism in spite of propaganda and training.
		They were part of a Quaker group concerned with designing and building houses which could withstand the severe cyclones of south India.
	westernquaker.net /western_quaker_reader_chapter_four.htm (11176 words)

	April 26, 1984-2of3: Memorandum Opinion, White House Vigil For The Era v. Clark, USDC Cr. No. 83-1243
		Consistent with this realization, we have come to rely upon the alertness and innovativeness of those entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the President, and ordinarily their assessments are given deference.
		Morton ("A Quaker Action IV"), 546 F.2d 717, 723- 24 (D.C. Cir.
		It is clear that when the question arises "as to whether the officials involved have transformed this concern into an excessive preoccupation with security that is achieved at the unnecessary expense of first amendment freedoms," A Quaker Action Group v.
	www.prop1.org /history/1984/840426b.htm (1931 words)

	For Quakers - FCNL
		FCNL is a nonpartisan Quaker lobby in the public interest, founded in 1943.
		Grounded in the Quaker testimonies of peace, equality, simplicity, and truth, FCNL advocates for legislation that promotes peace and social justice.
		From George Fox, through the leaders of the Suffragette movement, to current members of FCNL's network, Friends have engaged with the government on issues such as religious tolerance, the abolition of slavery, universal enfranchisment, fair treatment of prisoners, and have advocated the use of peaceful means to resolve conflict.
	www.fcnl.org /quakers/index.htm (461 words)

	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - Peace Events
		See also the Quaker Information Center for some postings on jobs and volunteer opportunities.
		West Chester, PA: vigil at the courthouse 11-12 noon (Chester County Peace movement, Karen Porter, 610-344-0228; http://www.ccpeacemovement.org/ - by that general group, not convened by Friends in particular - tho' Friends are involved.
		Note: Working Group links are listed under their respective Standing Committee pages.
	www.pym.org /peace-and-concerns/events.php (596 words)

	Quaker Writing Group
		This academic year, a group of us who have known each other over a number of years through FAHE have formed a writing group.
		All five of us...have extremely busy lives, with enormous demands from our academic commitments, and yet we all five have wished to keep writing alive in our lives throughout the year, not just in the open weeks of summer or during the rare sabbatical.
		We realized that if we had each other as companions on the journey, and if we had each other's support, suggestions, and simple interest, it would be much more likely that we would actually go on with our writing amongst the competing demands of our lives.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /sci_cult/bridges/scispir/writinggroup (959 words)

	Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration
		The fact that an Environmental Impact Study had been scheduled, but was preempted by defendants sudden action should be sufficient to indicate that such a study was merited.
		This, of course, is simply not possible in a democracy, for the President cannot be kept in a steel room away from the public.
		Morton, 516 F.2d 717, 723, citing, Quaker Action III, 460 FR.2d at 459.
	www.prop1.org /clues/951018/p047.htm (2649 words)

	The Quaker Agitator
		Some Quaker agitators just don't know when to stop.
		However, they declined to say what the action was, saying it was a personnel matter....
		Their contention was - and this was noted in the position of the dissenting justices as well - that "civil unions" didn't go far enough.
	thequakeragitator.blogspot.com (3769 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Quaker Politicians
		John Conard (1773-1857) — also known as "The Fighting Quaker" — of Pennsylvania.
		Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker and opposed to war.
		Quaker Cemetery, Camden, S.C. Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle,
	politicalgraveyard.com /group/quaker.html (2159 words)

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