| Resolution Number: | 1994-C019 |
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| Title: | Reaffirm Resolution on Equal Protection Under Law for Homosexuals |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
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Resolved, That the 71st General Convention reaffirms our 1976 resolution that homosexual persons are entitled to equal protection under law with all other citizens; and be it further
Resolved, That the Government Relations Office of the Episcopal Church be directed to work on behalf of pending and future legislation to assure that such protection is provided in actuality.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 356. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(C019)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 71st General Convention endorse an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act which would outlaw discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation; and be it further
Resolved, That the Washington Office of the Episcopal Church be directed to work vigorously on behalf of such a bill.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 71st General Convention reaffirms our 1976 resolution that homosexual persons are entitled to equal protection under law with all other citizens; and be it further
Resolved, That the Government Relations Office of the Episcopal Church be directed to work on behalf of legislation to assure that such protection is provided in actuality.
Deputy Cavanaugh, Chair of Committee No. 11 on Social and Urban Affairs moved an amendment to the substitute for C019.
Proposed Amendment:
In the second resolved: Add the words "pending and future" after "on behalf of" and before "legislation".
The Chair asked the House for any objections. The House accepted the amendment.
A vote was taken on the substitute for C019, as amended.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #320)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #44 on House of Deputies Message #320 on Resolution C019s (Add Sexual Orientation Protection to Federal Civil Rights Act) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #304)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 2.
| Abstract: | The 71st General Convention reaffirms the 1976 resolution that homosexual persons are entitled to full protection under law. |
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