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...Christian churches wish to refuse the ordination of gay people to the clergy, they have a right to their decision (however misguided it may be). But when the churches organize public referendums to repeal the civil rights of homosexual citizens, that's another matter. In Dade County, St. Paul, Wichita and Eugene, Ore., the churches openly ran the petition drives, distributed the political literature and raised the funds needed to bring out the public vote that revoked the rights of gays in those places. Unfortunately, America is currently besieged by an army of religious zealots who see the Government...
...also urged Congress to repeal the embargo on U.S. arms to Turkey. In a strongly phrased statement, he said that the embargo had "weakened the cohesiveness and the readiness of NATO." Ending the ban, said Carter, would be "the most immediate and urgent foreign policy decision" of the legislative session...
Last week Carter began an all-out effort at persuading the House to lift the ban later this month. Meeting at the White House with 14 Congressmen who favor repeal, Carter said that the embargo had "driven a wedge" between the U.S. and Turkey and "shaken very seriously the cohesiveness of the NATO alliance" (see WORLD). In a strategy memo distributed to the Congressmen, the Administration outlined a lobbying effort every bit as intensive as the one that preceded Senate approval of the Middle East plane deal...
Carter emphasized last week that he has "no intention" of getting involved militarily in Africa and that he will not ask Congress to repeal the Clark amendment. But because of the "very tight constraints" on his conduct of foreign policy, he has ordered the State Department to make a study of the statutes that restrict his power. He has not decided on a plan of action, but he obviously wants greater flexibility to provide economic and military aid when he thinks the need is there...
...conducting a long-range study. United Church People for Biblical Witness, organized in April, is at work against a new denominational study guide that takes a tolerant view of homosexual behavior. f United Methodist Church (9,861,000 members). A church agency proposed that the 1976 General Conference repeal a four-year-old policy statement that homosexual practice is "incompatible with Christian teaching." Repeal would have laid the groundwork for future ordinations. The delegates swamped the proposal and even vetoed a proposed sexuality study. Last year New York's Bishop Ralph Ward raised conservative hackles by not ousting...