[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 392 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 392

 Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and 
                to return confiscated church properties.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2012

Mr. Brown of Massachusetts (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Kirk) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and 
                to return confiscated church properties.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
State, in all official contacts with officials and representatives of 
the Government of Turkey, should emphasize that the Government of 
Turkey should--
            (1) end all forms of religious discrimination;
            (2) allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian 
        church properties, without hindrance or restriction, to 
        organize and administer prayer services, religious education, 
        clerical training, appointments, and succession, religious 
        community gatherings, social services, including ministry to 
        the needs of the poor and infirm, and other religious 
        activities;
            (3) return to their rightful owners all Christian churches 
        and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, 
        monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious properties, 
        including movable properties, such as artwork, manuscripts, 
        vestments, vessels, and other artifacts; and
            (4) allow the rightful Christian church and lay owners of 
        Christian church properties, without hindrance or restriction, 
        to preserve, reconstruct, and repair, as they see fit, all 
        Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, 
        schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and other 
        religious properties within Turkey.
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