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Reference Materials on Homosexuality Available

Diocesan Press Service. January 8, 1968 [61-9]

A packet of reference materials on homosexuality is now available from the Executive Council. These materials have been gathered as part of the efforts of the Joint Staff Committee on Family Life.

This Committee, which had been working in the area, was assigned the task, given the Council by the General Convention, of 1) initiating studies on Christian attitudes toward such issues as birth control, contraception, abortion, sterilization, illegitimacy, divorce and remarriage; marital, pre-marital, post-marital and extra-marital sexual behavior; sexual behavior of single adults; and homosexuality and 2) of developing an educational program designed to communicate such attitudes to the Church at large.

Making these above-mentioned reference materials available is only the first step in the Committee's efforts. Packets can be obtained by writing the Rev. Kenneth Mann, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017.