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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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At the 66th annual convention in Charleston, SC, the Protestant Episcopal diocese of South Carolina voted 94-43 to oppose the national church's view that racial segregation is un-Christian, affirming voluntary racial separation as natural and moral.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.-(ANP)- In what is believed to be the first action of its kind, the Protestant Episcopal diocese of South Carolina has gone on record opposing the national Episcopal church's stand that racial segregation is un-Christian.
Delegates at the 66th annual convention of the diocese adopted 94-43 a resolution declaring "there is nothing morally wrong in a voluntary recognition of racial differences and that voluntary alignments can be both natural and Christian."
The resolution was forwarded to the church's national office.
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Charleston, S. C.
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66th Annual Convention
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The Protestant Episcopal diocese of South Carolina opposed the national Episcopal church's stance that racial segregation is un-Christian by adopting a resolution at their 66th annual convention declaring voluntary recognition of racial differences as morally acceptable and Christian, with a vote of 94-43, and forwarding it to the national office.