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Resolution Number: 1976-D084
Title: Urge the Local Church to Fund Programs to Cure Violence
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 65th General Convention urge Provinces, Dioceses and Parishes, in cooperation with all agencies having expertise in the field, to search out the causes of such violation of Christian practices and seek funding of staff personnel to implement studies as Court-Watching Committees, Half-way Houses for Paroled Prisoners or Drug Addicts, and protest against unacceptable displays of horror and cruelty in the media.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-134.