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Methodist Church bans members from joining British National Party

The Methodist Church, the third largest in Britain, has become the first church in the country to ban its members from belonging to the British National Party, which Methodism deems to be a group advocating racism, reports Ecumenical News International.

The church said on 9 July that its annual conference in Wolverhampton had passed a resolution that none of the church's 265 000 members could be a member of a political party whose constitution, aims or objectives promote racism. This specifically includes, but is not solely limited to, the BNP.

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[07/10/2009]

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