| Resolution Number: | 2022-D060 |
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| Title: | Support LGBTQ Persons Facing Additional Discrimination During COVID-19 |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention lament the harm done to LGBTQ persons throughout the world who, during COVID-19 restrictions, have been subjected to torture, humiliation, and scapegoating; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church urge the Office of Global Partnerships, dioceses and congregations throughout The Episcopal Church to condemn this opportunistic discrimination and offer support to partner dioceses, including through working with affirming organizations, to help those persons who have suffered, and continue to suffer, harm.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 497. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Cynthia Black |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Social Justice and International Policy |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #9 on Resolution D060 (Support for LGBTQ Persons Facing Additional Discrimination During COVID-19) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D060)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th General Convention lament the harm done to LGBTQ persons throughout the world who, during COVID-19 restrictions, have been subjected to torture, humiliation, and scapegoating; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church urge the Office of Global Partnerships, dioceses and congregations throughout The Episcopal Church to condemn this opportunistic discrimination and offer support to partner dioceses, including through working with affirming organizations, to help those persons who have suffered, and continue to suffer, harm.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #238)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #22 on HB Message #238 on Resolution D060 (Support for LGBTQ Persons Facing Additional Discrimination During COVID-19) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #264)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention laments the harm done to LGBTQ persons during COVID-19 restrictions and urges the Office of Global Partnerships, dioceses, and congregations to condemn this discrimination and offer support to those helping persons who have suffered, and continue to suffer, harm. |
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