GC 2016: Day 10 - afternoon (May 20)

Peace cranes

Silent witness for inclusion

Bishop Ough shares a final message with GC

Singing our way home

With dozens of petitions and more to get through in the afternoon sessions it was hoped that the need to give attention to the business would spur the delegates to avoid needless trip to the microphone. Sadly, this was not to be.

Petitions from the UMW (responsible parenthood), Social Justice (divestment from Israeli occupation businesses), and Natural Community (divestment from fossil fuels) all were bogged down in procedural business and ultimately fail to pass a contentious GC.

By the end of the day's business session there were still more than sixty pieces of business still untouched. 
 
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