Positions on Social Issues

Diocesan social positions are are established by vote of the delegates in the Diocesan Convention and inform the actions of diocesan staff and committees. The long list below stretches back over the course of some years, during which emphasis may have changed, but principles have not. Positions are shown two to three at a time in a  separate page, which is set to appear by default in a new window.  

 

A pdf list of all resolutions passed between 1960 and 2009 is available here.

 

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2010 Resolutions    

2011 Resolutions


Abortion
Advocacy; Needs of the Poor
Aging
AIDS
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Amnesty for War Resisters
Anti-Semitism
Bail; Release of Accused Persons
Bigotry, Religious
Birth Control; Contraceptive Devices
Capital Punishment; Death Penalty
Children
Church/State Separation
Compensation, Inequity in
Cuba
Deferring Death; Dying
Domestic Partners
Domestic Violence
Economic Justice
Employment and Training
Energy: Sources and Cost
Environment; Earth Charter
Entitlement to a Basic Living Standard
Equal Rights
Extremists
Foreign Aid
Funeral Practices; Christian Burial
Gambling
Gun Control
Hate Crimes
Health Insurance, National
Homosexuality; Private Sexual Morality
Housing; Urban Renewal
Hunger at Home & Abroad; Homelessness
Integration
Legislative Activity
Literacy
Marijuana
Migrant Workers; Agricultural Workers
Military Service; Veterans Benefits
Narcotic Addicts; Drug Abusers
Nicaragua
Nuclear Disarmament
Parochial School Aid
Persons with Disabilities
Police Violence
Poverty
Prisons, Prisoners
Public School Education
Puerto Rico, Autonomy
Racism
Refugees; Immigration
Replacement Workers

Same Sex Civil Marriage

Service Corps (National, New York State)
Sexual Exploitation, Discrimination, & Harassment
Social Programs (Federal Funding); Social Services
Social Responsibility in Church Investment
South Africa
Taxation of Religious Institutions
War and Peace
Welfare Reform

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