Petition Text: 22317-CS-72-D

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Amend ¶ 72G:

G) Rights of Persons with Handicapping Conditions Disabilities.--We recognize and affirm the full humanity and personhood of all individuals with disabilities as full members of the family of God. We affirm the responsibility of the Church and society to be in ministry with all persons with mentally, physically, and/or psychologically handicapping conditions whose disabilities or differences in appearance or behavior create a problem in children, youth, and adults with mental, physical, developmental and/or psychological disabilities whose different needs in the areas of mobility, communication, intellectual comprehension, or personal relationships, which might interfere with their participation...We urge the Church and society to receive the gifts of persons with handicapping conditions disabilities to enable them to be included as full participants...and advocate for programs...and transportation. We call on the Church and society to protect the civil rights of persons with disabilities.

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Petition Text: 22317-CS-72-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference