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United Methodist Church Calls for Texas Death Penalty Abolition

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The United Methodist Church's General Conference was held in Fort Worth last week.  Vickie McCuistion of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty reports on a resolution adopted by the Conference. TCADP has this, which is also available at HULIQ.com, here.The Worldwide United Methodist Church sent a message to Texas during the General Conference held in Ft. Worth, TX. The General Conference passed a resolution calling for the specific abolition of the death penalty in Texas. The United Methodist Church has had a position against the use of the death penalty for more than 50 years and reaffirmed that specific position in separate resolutions for the whole church as well. The Texas specific resolution originated from St. John?s United Methodist Church in Lubbock, TX...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).