| Resolution Number: | 2018-A284 |
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| Title: | Amend Canons I.17.5 and III.1.2 [Rights of Laity, Access to Discernment Process] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon I.17.5 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. No one shall be denied rights, status or access to an equal place in the life, worship,
andgovernance, or employment of this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, marital or family status (including pregnancy or child care plans), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise specified by Canons.
And be it further
Resolved, That Canon III.1.2 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied access to the discernment process or to any process for the employment, licensing, calling, or deployment for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, marital or family status (including pregnancy and child care plans), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise provided by these Canons. No right to employment, licensing, ordination, call, deployment, 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. 674. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Legislative Committee on Constitution and Canons (meeting jointly) |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Constitution and Canons |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #29 on Resolution A284 (Amend Canon I.17.5 and Canon III.1.2) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A284)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon I.17.5 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. No one shall be denied rights, status or access to an equal place in the life, worship,
andgovernance, or employment of this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, marital or family status (including pregnancy or child care plans), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise specified by Canons.
And be it further
Resolved, That Canon III.1.2 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied access to the discernment process or to any process for the employment, licensing, calling, or deployment for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church because of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, marital or family status (including pregnancy and child care plans), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age, except as otherwise provided by these Canons. No right to employment, licensing, ordination, call, deployment, or election is hereby established.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #251)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #24 on HB Message #251 on Resolution A284 (Amend Canon I.17.5 and Canon III.1.2) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #387)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention amends Canons I.17.5 and III.1.2 to add employment to the church activities that are covered by a right to equal access, and prohibits discrimination in discernment and employment with added protection relating to family status, pregnancy, and child care. |
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