Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod receive the Faith, Worship and Ministry Call for Nominations for Delegate(s) to the Tenth Assembly of the World Council Of Churches for use in its appointment process.
Dr. Zimmer noted that the Report on the General Synod Resolution (Act 36): Solemnization of Matrimony was a synthesis of the information gathered from experts, and that it did not address all aspects of the issue.
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That this Council of General Synod receive the Faith, Worship and Ministry Report on the General Synod Resolution (Act 36): Solemnization of Matrimony for approval.
Friendly amendment
The mover and seconder agreed to remove the words “for approval.”
The motion which now reads:
That this Council of General Synod receive the Faith, Worship and Ministry Report on the General Synod Resolution (Act 36): Solemnization of Matrimony.
That this Council of General Synod ask the General Secretary to write to the Prime Minister requesting that the Government of Canada, in the spirit and principle of restorative justice, give the omnibus Crime Bill significantly more study and debate, by the Canadian Parliament.