ORIGINAL TEXT
Resolution D067
Title: Amend Canon III.1: Life of the Ordained
Topic: Canons
Committee: 05. Canons
House of Initial Action: Deputies
Proposer: Mrs. Lydia Evans (South Carolina)
Resolved,
the House of ________
concurring,
That Canon III.1 be amended by adding the following Section three:
Section 3.
Notwithstanding any other provision in these canons to the contrary, no person shall be ordained to the office of deacon or priest, or consecrated to the office of bishop, unless such person lives faithfully within the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman or in a single and celibate life.