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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose
Inclusion Attempted
The Revs. Mike Slaughter (front) and Adam Hamilton speak in favor of legislation which would have acknowledged that United Methodists disagree on issues of sexuality during the May 3 proceedings of General Conference.
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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose
Maxie Dunnam
The Rev. Maxie Dunnam, a longtime leader of anti-LGBT forces in The United Methodist Church, speaks against the Hamilton-Slaughter amendment that would have acknowledged the differences over the acceptability of homosexual practice.
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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose
Reaction to vote on sexuality
Delegate Jo Ann Carlotto (left) of the New England Conference wipes her eyes with a rainbow stole after 2012 General Conference delegates voted to maintain the United Methodist Church's stance against homosexual practice.
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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose
Demand for Inclusiveness
Demonstrators against the United Methodist Church's stance against homosexual practice prepare to serve Holy Communion inside the bar of General Conference. The group occupied the conference's central table after delegates voted to maintain the denomination's position.
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UMNS Photo by Kathleen Barry
Restructuring Vote
Divina Castilla, reserve delegate from East Mindanao Philippines and Willy Vargas, delegate from Bicol Provisional, prepare to vote on the proposed church restructuring May 2 during the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. They're using handheld wireless electronic voting devices to record their votes.
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UMNS photo by Paul Jeffrey
Middle East Divestment Defeated
The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a delegate from the New England Annual (regional) Conference, holds a map illustrating Israeli expansion into the West Bank during the May 2 session. Chang presented a motion favoring divestment from corporations profiting from the Israeli settlement of occupied Palestinian territories. The petition was defeated.
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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose.
Injured Delegate Returns
Iowa conference delegate Jessica Ireland greets colleague delegates May 3. Ireland was struck by a car driven by another delegate while on break from the conference on May 2. She asked for prayers for the unnamed driver, who was distressed by the accident.
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UMNS photo by Kathleen Barry
Signing by Video
Michelle Provart Menefee works as a sign language interpreter May 2. Next to her is a monitor showing the signing from another part of the plenary area.
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UMNS Photo by Kathleen Barry
2012 Tech
Retired Bishop Elias Galvin from Scottsdale, Ariz., and the Rev. Tweedy Sombrero from Trinity United Methodist Church in Yuma, Ariz., view a photograph taken by the Rev. Anne Marshall using a cell phone.