| Resolution Number: | 2018-D092 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.1.2 [Access to Discernment Process] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon III.1.2 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied access to the discernment process for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, immigration status, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise provided by these Canons. No right to licensing, ordination, or election is hereby established.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 683. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Mr. Erick Perez |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #20 on Resolution D092 (Amend Canon III.1.2 - Non-Discrimination in Access to Discernment Process) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D092)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon III.1.2 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied access to the discernment process for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, immigration status, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise provided by these Canons. No right to licensing, ordination, or election is hereby established.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #233)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #20 on HB Message #233 on Resolution D092 (Amend Canon III.1.2 - Non-Discrimination in Access to Discernment Process) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #429)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention amends Canon III.1.2 to prohibit discrimination in church employment based on immigration status. |
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