C055 - Same-Sex Unions: Same Gender Committed Relationships

* FINAL VERSION - Not Completed

Resolution:	C055
Title:	Same Gender Committed Relationships
Topic:	Same-Sex Unions
Committee:	14 - Ministry
House of Initial Action:	Bishops
Proposer:	Diocese of Missouri

Resolved, the House of _______ concurring, That the 75th General Convention support and uphold persons in same-gender committed relationships of enduring love, mutuality, and fidelity; and be it further

Resolved, that the term "sexual orientation" in Title III, Canon 1, Section 2, shall protect all persons from denial of access to the discernment process for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church solely on the basis of being in such a relationship.