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Memorandum Number 907

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


April 25, 2001

Request From the North Carolina Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of a Resolution on Homosexuality Adopted by the Annual Conference in June 2000.

Digest


The Judicial Council does not have jurisdiction to render a declaratory decision on this matter, as it is not a request for a decision "as to the constitutionality, meaning, application, or effect of the Discipline or any portion thereof or any act or legislation of a General Conference." (¶ 2610, 2000 Discipline.)

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