Box Series 6-24

Scope and Contents This folder compiles minutes related to an allowed meeting "with special concerns for gays and lesbians" (begun in 1981); a 1984 "Minute on the Rights of Homosexuals," the beginnings of the AIDS Working Group in 1985; minutes and correspondence related to the 1990-1992 discernment into if and how same gender marriages will be celebrated under the care of the meeting; and a 1997 reflection on five years of commitment ceremonies and the clear consensus that the term "marriage" be used for all...

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This folder is largely related to the concern of whether same-gender unions be called "marriages" (the term that was used for opposite-gender unions) or "unions" or "commitments." Records include correspondence, minutes and drafts, legal advice, FMW procedures, and letters to the DC Marriage Bureau.

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School for Friends, a Quaker preschool with connections to Friends Meeting Washington, operated out of space owned by the Meeting until their 2010 relocation. The folder is primarily disputes between the Meeting and the School about their relationship and facility and financial responsiblities.

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The Washington Child Development Council rented space in Quaker House (owned by Friends Meeting Washington) beginning in 1979. This folder primarily documents building concerns and conflicts over space rental, ending with several formal quit notices from the Meeting.