Report of the R-5 Commission to the 213th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia

http://www.thediocese.net/Councils/213Council/files/r_5_report.pdf

[The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia] 23 Jan 2008--The R-5 Commission was created by Bishop Peter James Lee in response to the 212th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, which recommended, in Resolution 5 (R-5)i that he appoint a Commission “to discern a possible ‘emerging consensus’ regarding the permitting of ‘local option’ for the blessing of same-sex unions,” with the Commission reporting to the 213th Annual Council.