Reaffirm General Convention Statement on Childbirth and Abortion
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church reaffirms resolution C047 from the 69th General Convention, which states:
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Adolescent Sexuality: Kedoshim Tih’yu (URJ)
SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE COMMITTEE HOUSTON, 2005 BACKGROUND Adolescence is, almost by definition, a difficult time. All the more so concerning issues of sexuality. Our kids desperately need our direction in this area, but too often we do not provide it. Teenagers experimenting with sex is hardly new, of course. And it need not […]
Youth Sexuality Education (URJ)
Adopted by the Union for Reform Judaism Board of Trustees June 2004 Background Choices about sexual behavior are among the most complicated decisions teenagers are faced with making, and the potential negative consequences of sexual activity can be tragic for these young men and women. High rates of teenage pregnancy and the grave risk of […]
Express Concern for and Support Ministry to Those Suffering from Post Abortion Stress
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church acknowledge that some men and women suffer from post-abortion stress; and be it further Resolved, That the General Convention of the Episcopal Church call for the Church to embrace and minister to men and women who have participated in an abortion and who may feel […]
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
1. The issue of homosexuality and the moral evaluation of homosexual acts have increasingly become a matter of public debate, even in Catholic circles. Since this debate often advances arguments and makes assertions inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church, it is quite rightly a cause for concern to all engaged in the pastoral ministry, and this Congregation has judged it to be of sufficiently grave and widespread importance to address to the Bishops of the Catholic Church this Letter on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons.