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Deputies support fully inclusive ordination process, ongoing commitment to communion
The House of Deputies by more than a 2-1 margin adopted a resolution July 12 that declares the ordination process of the Episcopal Church open to all individuals while expressing its ongoing commitment to the Anglican Communion.
The vote was 77-31 in the lay order and 74-25 in the clergy order. It now goes to the House of Bishops, where it must be passed to be enacted.
Resolution D025 was created as a response to resolution B033, which was adopted in the waning hours of the 2006 General Convention and urged restraint concerning the election of bishops whose "manner of life" would cause offense to the wider Anglican Communion. That was widely believed specifically to refer to gays and lesbians in committed same-sex relationships. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112451_ENG_HTM.htm
One of our diocesan Deputies reports that our deputation was divided in both orders, clergy and lay, 2 for and 2 against.
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