| Resolution Number: | 2012-D018 | |
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| Title: | Urge Repeal of Federal Laws Discriminating Against Same-Sex Marriage | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted | |
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Resolved, That we understand The Episcopal Church to be in a period of discernment about the meaning of Christian marriage, with faithful people holding divergent views; and be it further
Resolved, That the 77th General Convention urge members of the U.S. Congress to repeal federal laws that have a discriminatory effect on same-gender civilly married couples, and to pass legislation to allow the U.S. federal government to provide benefits to those couples.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 321. |
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