P.B. to Attend L.A. Convention

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P.B. to Attend L.A. Convention
Posted on: December 1, 2008
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will attend the annual convention of the Diocese of Los Angeles Dec. 5-6. Her attendance offers her an opportunity to reveal part of her strategy for General Convention in July, because the convention agenda in Los Angeles includes a resolution that calls on General Convention to repeal a controversial resolution approved three years ago. That resolution, known as B033, discourages dioceses from consenting to the consecration of partnered homosexuals as bishops.

The Diocese of Los Angeles is the fifth largest in The Episcopal Church in terms of baptized members, according to the Episcopal Church Annual which lists 67,633 members for the diocese in the 2008 edition. The diocese and its bishop, the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, have been vocal supporters of same-sex marriage since the California State Supreme Court mandated that the state treat solemnized same-sex unions the same as heterosexual marriage earlier this year, a decision that was reversed when voters approved a referendum last month to the state constitution. Los Angeles is also the host diocese of General Convention, which will meet in Anaheim July 8-17.