| Resolution Number: | 1994-C020 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.17.5 [Of Regulations Respecting the Laity] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
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Resolved, That Title I, Canon 17, Section 5 be amended as follows:
No person shall be denied rights, status [in], or [access to] an equal place in the life, worship, and governance of this Church because of race, color, [or] ethnic origin, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities or age, except as otherwise specified by [this] Canon.
| 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:
(C020)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 17, Section 5 be amended as follows:
No-one shall be denied rights or status in or an equal place in the life, worship, and governance of this Church because of race, color, or ethnic origin , sex, sexual orientation, physical disabilities or age, except as otherwise specified by Canon.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 17, Section 5 be amended as follows:
No one member of this Church shall be denied rights, or status, full participation in the life, worship, and governance of this Church because of race, color, or ethnic origin. except as otherwise specified by Canon.
Deputy Mayo of Fort Worth moved an amendment to the committee substitute for C020.
Proposed Amendment:
Following the words "shall be denied" in line three of the committee substitute, add "access to".
A vote was taken on the Mayo amendment to the substitute for C020.
Motion carried
Mayo amendment adopted
Deputy Royce of Long Island moved a substitute for C020.
Proposed Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 17, Section 5 be amended as follows: No one person shall be denied rights, or status in or access to an equal place in the life, worship, and governance of this Church because of race, color, or ethnic origin, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities or age, except as otherwise specified by this Canon.
Debate followed.
The question was called to terminate debate on the Royce substitute and on the main motion on the substitute for C020, as amended.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken to accept the language in the Royce substitute for C020.
Motion carried
Royce substitute accepted
A vote was taken on the Royce substitute for C020.
Motion carried
Royce substitute adopted
A vote was taken on the main motion on the substitute for C020.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #318)
House of Bishops
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #43 on House of Deputies Message #318 on Resolution C020s (Amend Canon I.17.5 on Non-Discrimination in Life of Church) and moved concurrence.
The Bishop of Oregon moved to table the resolution.
Motion defeated
A vote was taken on the main motion for C020.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #303)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 2.
| Abstract: | The 71st General Convention amends Canon Title I.17.5 to add marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities and age as categories to which non-discrimination in church membership is assured. |
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| Notes: | The final text of resolution 1994-C020 (Amend Canon I.17.5) as it appears above with bracketed text represents a complete and accurate rendering of the resolution from the Convention proceedings. This edited version of the text differs from wording found in the Journal of General Convention, 1994, p. 356. The text of 1994-C020 was also incorrectly edited for inclusion in the Constitution and Canons, 1994, p. 49. |