Cathedral Debriefing – The 76th General Convention
Written by: The Right Rev. John W. Howe
Monday, July 27th, 2009
The 76th General Convention has come and gone. In some ways it was exactly like all of the previous six General Conventions I have been to as your Bishop. Issues of human sexuality, and specifically homosexuality, were once again front and center and I will get to them in a moment.
But first let me say how totally proud I am of our deputation. Whether in the open hearings or in the legislative sessions – or, in the case of our Canon to the Ordinary, in the daily media briefings – they were engaged, faithful, active, and persistent.
In many of the hearings it seemed as if our people were virtually the only ones testifying for what I understand to be the orthodox position. (That is a slight overstatement, but not much of one.)
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