Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-B013
Title: Express the Mind of the House on Gender and the Episcopate
Legislative Action Taken: Adopted
Final Text:

Resolved, That the majority of the members of this House do not intend to withhold consent to the election of a Bishop of this Church on ground of gender, and we call upon the Presiding Bishop-elect to communicate this intention to the Primates of the Anglican Communion and seek the advice of the Episcopate of the Anglican Communion through the Primates at the earliest possible date.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 198.