(1) To request that the General Conference stringently monitor violations of ¶ 906.12 of the Book of Discipline, which prohibits the use of United Methodist monies to promote the acceptance of homosexuality, whether by the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, or by any other agency of The United Methodist Church;
(2) To request that the General Conference promptly call for the removal, or at least the censure, of any United Methodist official or agency that violates said ¶ 906.12;
(3) To request, in particular, that the General Conference call for the immediate removal, or at least the censure, or Jeanne Audrey Powers, the United Methodist official who, as associate general secretary of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, on July 15, 1995, in an address to the "Reconciling Congregations Convention" in Minneapolis, Minnesota, publicly announced that she was a lesbian and went on to describe as "false teaching" the position of The United Methodist Church, as set out in the Discipline, that homosexuality and lesbianism are incompatible with Christian teaching; and
(4) Generally, to request that the General Conference condemn and not affirm homosexuality and lesbianism in all areas of The United Methodist Church.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22457-CS-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference