The Diocese of Dallas Lays the Groundwork

In a series of moves that I hope will be a model for Fort Worth's own convention in a few weeks, the diocese of Dallas has laid the ground work to take action as the "realignment" of the Anglican Communion accelerates following the upcoming Primates meeting. You can read the ENS story about Dallas' convention here.

Among the most important moves taken by the Dallas diocesan convention last weekend was a resolution to:

qualify the diocese's required constitutional accession to the Episcopal Church's General Convention and Constitution and Canons "expressly premised on the Episcopal Church in the United States of America being and at all times remaining a full, constituent member of the Anglican Communion," to state that the accession as stated can be "revoked, limited or otherwise amended" by the annual or special convention of the diocese, and to state that the amended accession can in "no way be deemed to prevent or limit this Diocese from disassociating itself from any actions of the General Convention by concurrent majority vote of both orders at any Annual or Special Convention".