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Resolution Number: 1976-A043
Title: Express Concern Over Religious Repression in the Soviet Union
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Submitted
Final Text:

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 65th General Convention voices its concern over the reported repression in the Soviet Union of the rights of the many individual religious believers and of religious group activities, repression which appears to be contrary to internationally recognized concepts of justice and human rights and, in a number of instances, contrary to the laws of the Soviet Union itself; that the Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Church be asked to gather further information on this matter, seek conversations on this problem with other Churches, and express this concern to Soviet Church leaders.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-126.

 
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