Petition Text: 22466-CS-NonDis-O

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Be it resolved, that areas of official policy be constructed for the Church to express encouragement of the active involvement of both parents in a child's life, especially in instances when the parents are no longer together in a relationship. These areas of policy must also discourage legal means by which one of the parents in a domestic relations case is either forced out of or greatly diminished in a child's life.

The need for these areas of policy can be justified by statistics comparing children raised in two parent homes to those raised in fatherless homes. These statistics include the following findings:

*increased rate of teen pregnancy

*decreased academic performance

*lower graduation rates

*increased rates of juvenile delinquency

*increased rates of drug abuse

*increased likelihood of abuse, including sexual abuse, by a non-related person such as a boyfriend or step parent.

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Petition Text: 22466-CS-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference