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The Nation's Pulse

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And on the most prominent point of conservative-liberal struggle, the General Conference decisively voted to maintain its statement that homosexual practice is "inconsistent with Christian teaching" and the related prohibitions on same-sex union ceremonies and the ordination of "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals."

While few within or without the United Methodist Church would be aware of them, the radical political resolutions adopted at this General Conference are not particularly new phenomena. The concerted efforts by conservative and moderate U.S. members with the denomination's growing African constituency are relatively new and only likely to intensify in the future.

John Lomperis is a research associate for the Institute on Religion and Democracy.

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