C013 HB Committee #07 Report #08

House of Bishops Committee 07 - Social Justice & International Policy presents its Report #08 on Resolution C013 (Freedom of Speech and the Right to Boycott) and moves:

Adopt with Amendment

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

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That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church call on the President of the United States, the U.S. Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures to oppose legislation that penalizes or criminalizes support for all nonviolent boycotts, divestment and/or sanctions, especially on behalf of Palestinian human rights, as an infringement of First Amendment rights.

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That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church call on the President of the United States, the U.S. Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures to oppose legislation that penalizes or criminalizes support for all nonviolent boycotts, divestment and/or sanctions, especially on behalf of Palestinian human rights, as an infringement of First Amendment rights.