Decision Number 633

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


October 26, 1989

Decision


All paragraphs of the Discipline which mandate guaranteed representation of clergy, laymen and laywomen on boards and agencies at any level of the church are unconstitutional. Those paragraphs which "recommend" or ask that "special attention" be given to membership of certain categories of persons are constitutional.

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