***** During the same morning session, delegates rejected a proposal for eliminating
the denomination's Board of Church and Society, the agency that works on social issues such as gun control. Almost 70 percent of the delegates refused to abolish the organization after a discussion. One delegate said he wanted the board eliminated because it voices positions with which he does not agree.
He cited the board's stance against the Boy Scouts' ban of gays and its involvement in setting up a fund to pay a lawyer for Elian Gonzalez' father. Another delegate responded that people must get the full story about such issues before they condemn the board. ****
Board of Church and Society….. "As Christians, we proclaim that faith, love and justice must supercede political realities."
They are extremely political!!