| Resolution Number: | 1982-D030 |
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| Title: | Endorse a Bilateral Freeze on the Testing and Production of Nuclear Weapons |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this General Convention:
- Endorses as a first step leading to a reduction of nuclear weapons a bilateral nuclear freeze and urges the President of the United States to propose a US/Soviet agreement to halt immediately the testing, production and further deployment of all nuclear weapons, missiles, and delivery systems in a way that can be verified on both sides;
- Commends President Reagan for his proposal to reduce radically the nuclear weapons of the world and urges the President to negotiate with the USSR for an immediate verifiable across-the-board reduction by fifty percent of the nuclear arsenals now being maintained by the two superpowers;
- Encourages the Executive Council, Dioceses, congregations and individual parishioners to communicate on a continuing basis to the Administration, to the Congress and within their local communities their support for these proposals, and to study and monitor future developments on these and related peace-making initiatives; and
- Directs the Secretary of this Convention to communicate this resolution to the President and the Vice President of the United States, to members of the Congress, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-125. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D030) Not Currently Available
The Committee recommended that a substitute resolution be adopted as rewritten by the Committee, combining Resolutions D030 and D032.
Deputy McGonigle of Texas, moved to amend the combined resolution.
Proposed Amendment:
Not Currently Available
Debate followed.
Motion lost
Amendment failed
Debate followed.
Deputy Casparian, of Kansas, moved to amend the substitute resolution.
Proposed Amendment:
Not Currently Available
Motion lost
Amendment failed
Deputy Zadig, of Massachusetts, moved the main question.
Motion carried
Deputy Hargrove, of Western Louisiana, moved that the vote on all peace-related issues be taken by raising hands.
Motion carried
The main motion was put to a vote.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #196)
House of Bishops
On the eighth day, the Bishop of Ohio, Chairman of the Committee on National and International Affairs [sic], moved concurrence with HD Message #196 (D-30S and D-32A).
Seconded by the Bishop of the Rio Grande.
The Bishop of Lexington moved to amend.
Proposed Amendment:
Delete the first paragraph of the Resolve clause.
Seconded by the Bishop of Georgia.
Motion failed
The Bishop of Indianapolis moved to amend:
Proposed Amendment:
In paragraph 2, line 1:
change "proposal" to "efforts."
Seconded by Bishop Rose.
Motion failed
[The previous question was called.]
The House concurred
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #189)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 12.
| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention endorses a bi-lateral nuclear freeze and nuclear disarmament. It encourages Church-wide support for these proposals. |
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