I agree that there are much more important battles. …

Comment on Northern California Conference Votes to Act Independent of the General Conference by Sean Pitman.

I agree that there are much more important battles. I think that’s obvious from my article. However, the fact remains that it wasn’t Ted Wilson’s decision to start this battle. It was the GC “in session.” That goes way beyond Elder Wilson’s personal opinion. And, as much as I disagree and wish this issue had never been entertained in GC session, it was and now we are stuck with the results until at least the next GC session. Again, it isn’t the “GC leadership” that’s the real problem here. Hundreds of delegates voted on this issue – of their own free will. They could easily have countered the desires of the GC leadership. However, they didn’t and this is where the church, as a body, currently stands. It is now the job of the unions and conferences to work with that decision – not independent of it. It is clear rebellion against the church as an organized body for unions or conferences to act independent of the decision of the GC “in session”. So, what should those who disagree with the outcome of this GC “in session” decision do? Well, they should keep working from within the church body for change from within that body – not from outside of it via independent action. That’s anarchy – not a part of Divine order and government.

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Yet, you say, “Who cares if it is written into law”? You should care. Everyone should care. It’s a very important law in this country. The idea that the organized church could have changed vaccine mandates simply isn’t true – particularly given the nature of certain types of jobs dealing with the most vulnerable in society (such as health care workers for example).

Beyond this, the GC Leadership did, in fact, write in support of personal religious convictions on this topic – and there are GC lawyers who have and continue to write personal letters in support of personal religious convictions (even if these personal convictions are at odds with the position of the church on a given topic). Just because the GC leadership also supports the advances of modern medicine doesn’t mean that the GC leadership cannot support individual convictions at the same time. Both are possible. This is not an inconsistency.