General Convention Day 2
Report from the AAC
Source:
American Anglican Council
Organizing for Business: Resolutions of Concern/Interest
Today
was a day for all of the legislative committees to meet and convene
themselves for business. A surprising number of important resolutions
were discussed in committees today, rather than being deferred to the
last days of General Convention and a rush to judgment as in previous
General Conventions. The American Anglican Council is seeking to
monitor the progress of some 70 resolutions of concern/interest across
all of the legislative committees. Below you will find a brief summary
of action on some of those resolutions:
| Resolution/Committee | Description |
| B012/ | Pastoral Generosity in Extending Blessing of Civil Marriage to Same-Sex Couples: This resolution was referred by the committee to the chancellor of the House of Deputies for review of potential canonical problems. |
| B013/Education | Equipping the baptized for ministry: Still in committee discussion. |
| A074/Ecumenical | Interfaith Dialogue: Still in committee discussion. |
| A185/Canons | Revision of Title IV – Ecclesiastical Discipline: Significant issues have been raised within the committee concerning the resolution’s proposed removal of procedural safeguards and burdens of proof in clergy discipline processes.
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| A069/Stewardship and Development | Allocate $5 million to help raise $250 million for TEC program budget: The resolution was unanimously supported by the committee and sent to the House of Bishops. The House of Bishops also adopted the resolution unanimiously. It now awaits passage by the House of Deputies. |
| A114/Stewardship and Development | Proposes increasing diocesan assessment by 1% each year in order to provide $5 million for A069: The resolution was discharged which means that the $5 million for A069 must come from another source. |
| C001/World Mission | Adding gender identity and expression as protected categories for purposes of ordination: Still in committee discussion. |
| C067/ | Litigation expense disclosure: After lively discussion, the committee voted to refer this resolution to the Standing Committee on Stewardship for further study. That committee will report back to General Convention in 2012. |
| C014/Education | Revision of Theology of Marriage: Still in committee discussion. |