The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 76th General Convention condemn in any nation the first use of armed force in the form of a preventive or pre-emptive strike that is aimed at disrupting a non-imminent, uncertain military threat; and be it further

Resolved, That the Convention strongly admonish the United States Government to renounce its 2002 policy that asserts the right to act, by armed force if necessary, to “forestall or prevent” threats even if “uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy’s attack;” and be it further

Resolved, That ordained and lay leadership of The Episcopal Church promote the renunciation of “first use” military action as the established teaching of our Church, encouraging parish study and public witness.