Petition Text: 20035-MN-NonDis-O

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Whereas, The United Methodist Church affirms the sacred worth of homosexual persons and opposes discrimination at all levels of society based upon sexual orientation; and

Whereas, The United Methodist Church participates in active discrimination against homosexual persons by refusing their ordination and condemning homosexuality as incompatible with Christian teaching; and

Whereas, in response to the vote within the State of Colorado to prohibit government entities from protecting the rights of homosexuals, individual members, congregations, and structural units with The United Methodist Church have called for a re-siting for the 1996 General Conference scheduled to be held in Denver;

Therefore, be it resolved, that the General Conference support the ordination of persons called into ministry without excluding persons on the basis of sexual orientation.

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Petition Text: 20035-MN-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference