The United Methodist Church’s highest court declined two petitions attempting to get a ruling labeling the denomination’s official stance against homosexuality unconstitutional.
In two memorandums issued last Friday, the United Methodist Judicial Council refused to rule on the requests of the California-Pacific Annual Conference and the Denmark Annual Conference.
At issue was the UMC Book of Discipline’s declaration that homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching.”
In Memorandum No. 1347 and Memorandum No. 1354, the Judicial Council concluded that it did not have the authority to rule on the constitutionality of the “incompatible” language.
“The Judicial Council has no jurisdiction to answer questions from an annual conference that do not relate to annual conference or the work therein,” read Memo 1347.
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