W.Va. Methodists reject discussion of Iraq in Sunday school sessions

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: June 12, 2006 | Copyright information

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BUCKHANNON - Members of West Virginia's United Methodist Church have rejected resolutions involving the war in Iraq and open membership to the church.

The church wrapped up its annual conference in Buckhannon on Sunday and announced the members had rejected a resolution that would have required a discussion of the Iraq war during Sunday school sessions over the next year.

The resolution was based on a statement signed by more than half of the church's bishops, including West Virginia Conference Bishop Ernest S. Lyght. In the statement, the bishops called the war an "unjust ...

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