Financial Strain Evident at New York Diocesan Convention

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/11/21/financial-strain-evident-at-new-york-diocesan-convention

[The Living Church] 24 Nov 2008--The annual convention of the Diocese of New York approved a resolution petitioning General Convention to grant continued use of either the lectionary found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer or the Revised Common Lectionary indefinitely. Convention met Nov. 15-16 at a hotel and convention center in Mahwah, N.J.

Convention approved several other resolutions, including one calling on “the governor and the legislature of the State of New York to ensure civil marriage equality in this state by enacting the necessary legislation to permit same-sex couples to marry.”