Title: | Support and Advocacy for Safety of Persecuted LGBTI Persons |
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ID: | EXC022014.29 |
Committee: | Advocacy and Networking for Mission (report 27) |
Citation: | Executive Council Minutes, Feb. 5-7, 2014, Linthicum Heights, MD, pp. 34-35. |
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Resolved, That the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum Heights, MD, from February 5-7, 2014, calls upon governments to provide safety for their LGBTI residents and asylum for those seeking to emigrate from nations in which people are under threat of criminal penalties, imprisonment, torture, death, and/or mob violence on the basis of their LGBTI identity and/or advocacy; and be it further Resolved, That the members of Executive Council commit to standing in solidarity with those who are persecuted because of their LGBTI identity and/or advocacy, to listen to their stories, and to encourage prayers for their safety and wholeness throughout the Church, keeping in mind the word of Christ:
and be it further Resolved, That Executive Council commends the recent strong statements of the President of the House of Deputies (dated January 27, 2014) and the Presiding Bishop (dated January 30, 2014), condemning the criminalization of LGBTI identity and/or advocacy and reminding the church that all people are created in God’s image and are God’s beloved. |
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