| Title: | Reaffirmation of Position on Equal Rights for Homosexuals |
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| ID: | EXC032007.07 |
| Committee: | National Concerns (report 9) |
| Citation: | Executive Council Minutes, Mar. 2-4, 2007, Portland, OR, p. 11. |
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Resolved, The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Portland, Oregon, March 2-4, 2007, reaffirm the position of The Episcopal Church’s “conviction that homosexual persons are entitled to equal protection of the laws with all other citizens, and it calls on our society to see that such protection is provided in actuality” (GC 1976-A071); and be it further Resolved, that The Episcopal Church affirms the statement in the Windsor Report paragraph 146: “any demonizing of homosexual persons, or their ill treatment, is totally against Christian charity and basic principles of pastoral care. We urge provinces to be proactive in support of the call of Lambeth Resolution 64 (1988) for them to ‘reassess, in light of …study and because of our concern for human rights, its care for and attitude toward persons of homosexual orientation;’” and be it further Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns seek ways to address this concern through the Anglican Communion Office. |
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