| Resolution Number: | 1988-B006 |
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| Title: | Call for AIDS Education Programs |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That this 69th General Convention call for AIDS education programs in every congregation by the end of 1989; request that models of AIDS education programs be made available by the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition in conjunction with the National Church staff; and request that such models promote abstinence or monogamy as well as candid and complete instruction regarding disease prevention measures, such as use of condoms in sexual intercourse and ending sharing of contaminated needles by intravenous drug users.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 295. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(B006)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 69th General Convention call for AIDS education programs in every congregation by the end of 1989; requests that models of AIDS education programs be made available by the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition in conjunction with the National Church staff; and requests that such models promote abstinence or monogamy as well as candid and complete instruction regarding disease prevention measures, such as use of condoms in sexual intercourse and ending sharing of contaminated needles by intravenous drug users.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #241)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #57 on House of Deputies Message #241 on Resolution B006 (AIDS Preventive Education) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #350)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention calls for AIDS education programs in every congregation and requests models of such programs that will promote abstinence or monogamy as well as candid instruction in AIDS prevention. |
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