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May 2013
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2013
As always, the General Assembly deliberated on a wide range of issues. Prior to 12 May 1999 the Assembly were regarded by many Scots as the nearest thing to a Parliament that they possessed; and though devolution has perhaps lessened the Assembly's impact it has not diminished their enthusiasm for tackling difficult social and political questions, ranging from the economics of world poverty and the ‘Enough food for everyone … if?’ campaign to a major report on Israel–Palestine which had attracted considerable criticism from Scotland's Jewish community in advance of the debate. Probably of most interest to readers of this Journal, however, are the following.
3 See Cranmer, F, ‘Human sexuality and the Church of Scotland: Aitken et al v Presbytery of Aberdeen’, (2009) 11 Ecc LJ 334–339Google Scholar. The report is available at <http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/5757/ga11_specssrm.pdf>, accessed 14 October 2013.
4 The text is available at <http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/14567/Theological_Commission_motion_as_agreed.pdf>, accessed 14 October 2013.
5 Aitken et al v Presbytery of Aberdeen [2009] GA Church of Scotland (unreported): for the detail see Cranmer, ‘Human sexuality and the Church of Scotland’.
6 That is, the Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland set out in the Schedule to the Church of Scotland Act 1921.