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SCR 70, 81st R.S.

Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Last action: Referred to State Affairs

Author: Joan Huffman
Coauthor: Eliot Shapleigh

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE
EUROPEAN UNION
Resolutions--Legislative Policy
Resolutions--Memorializing Congress
TURKEY, REPUBLIC OF
UNITED NATIONS

House Committee: State Affairs (Burt Solomons, Byron Cook, Tom Craddick, David Farabee, Pete Gallego, Charlie Geren, Patricia Harless, Harvey Hilderbran, Delwin Jones, Eddie Lucio III, Diana Maldonado, Jose Menendez, Rene Oliveira, David Swinford, Sylvester Turner)
Senate Committee: State Affairs (Robert Duncan, John Carona, Bob Deuell, Rodney Ellis, Troy Fraser, Chris Harris, Mike Jackson, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Leticia Van de Putte)
Minutes: May 14 2009

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