The SCLM’s Report on Same-Gender Blessings now available in the “Blue Book”

The Rev. Thaddeus Bennett April 30, 2012 The work of the SCLM’s The Blessings Project, concerning same-gender blessings and responding to the 2009 General Convention Resolution C056, has been published in its entirety in the “Blue Book,” the collection of reports to the Episcopal Church’s 77th General Convention of the work completed by its committees, commissions, agencies and boards (CCABs), during the 2010-2012 triennium.  The Blue Book and the SCLM’s Report are available to download at: (http://generalconvention.org/gc/prepare). The SCLM’s report regarding same-gender blessings starts on page 166 and the two proposed Resolutions, A049 and A050, are found on page 168.  The Appendix contains all the work of The Blessings Project (the SCLM and its 5 Task Groups) in the section entitled, I Will Bless You, and You Will Be a Blessing:  Resources for Blessing Same‑Gender Relationships, beginning on page 184 and concluding on page 281. The Blue Book, at more than 750 pages, also contains more than 150 “A” resolutions that the CCABs have proposed to the General Convention, which meets July 5-12 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Diocese of Indianapolis. (Legislative committee hearings and some other convention activities begin July 4.) Go take a look and tell us what you think. El informe de la SCLM sobre la Bendición de Unión de Parejas del Mismo Género ya está disponible en el " Libro Azul"