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People of Faith FOR ERA Hawkeye ERA Supplement Volume 12 Des Moines, Iowa - October, 1980 Number 8 Conference Historically Supports ERA Position In addition to the statements of support passed by the Annual Conference each year since 1977, major agencies of the church have been actively involved. These include the Conference Council on Youth Ministries, the Commission on the Status and Role of Women, and the Conference Board of Church and Society. Rev. Jill Carlson, past chairperson of the Commission, explained "Iowa ERA can and will make a difference. Our work on its behalf is witness to our deep Christian concern for the legal rights of all women and men." Support of the Youth Council, according to its president, Becky Young, stems from the fact that youth "are the persons whom equality under the law will affect for many years to come." Specific actions of the church have included the formation of an ERA task force, organization and training of a speakers bureau, preparing exhibits for annual confernce and other meetings, work with other organizations through the Iowa ERA Coalition and the publication of this insert. In a joint statement, Rev. Richard Eis, past chairman of the Board of Church and Society, and Eloise Cranke, current chairperson, cited the 1980 General Conference Resolution on the Equal Rights of Women. It specifically refers to the treatment by Jesus of women as indication of his conviction that all persons are of equal worth. ". . . Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment . . . is one of the most important actions our nation can take to affirm the principles on which this nation was founded, principles which flowed out of our religious heritage." At General Conference, Bev Everett, June Goldman, and Mary Yaggy discuss the ERA resolution. The three women have been active in chrch and secular activities over the years; all three served as Iowa delegates to the General Conference in Indianapolis in April, 1980. Former secretary of the Iowa Confernce Board of Education, Everett recently chaired the Camp Fiseal Task Force. Goldman, a former Iowa Mother of the Year, is the Director of Church Relations, Westmar College. Past president of UMW in Iowa, Yaggy currently serves as a member of the General Conference Board of Global Ministries. "Continue Long Line of Splendor" Leaders Request Justice There has been a "long line of splendor" made up of farsighted women who have put their energies and talents and their very lives on the line to ensure the woman's rightful place in God's Plan. Mindful of the sacrifices made and the prgoress achieved, surely we today + beginning a new decade of promise D cannot stand silently by. If we do, we shall have to pay the price of "a dream deferred." -June Goldman, LeMars There is absolutely nothing in the teachings of Jesus that gives credence or substance to the practices of inequality directed toward women down through the ages. What a travesty it would be if Christians were the last to come to this knowledge and the last to understand the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment. Both are matters of simple justice long overdue. -Beverly Everett, New Sharon If we believe in freedom and justce for all persons, then we as Christians need to support and encourage the passage of the Iowa ERA. -Mary W. Yaggy, Des Moines "God intended each individual, whether man or woman, to be free. The freedom and equalirt of each person is insured under the ERA." (Betty Lieder, Clear Lake) Bishops's Counsel: Put Belief into Practice I heartily support the Iowa ERA because I believe that there has been and continues to be considerable discrimination against women in our culture. Some of the discrimination is economic. Many women receive less compensation than men for performance of equal work responsibilities. Until recently there have been discriminatory practices, in many states, with references to credit and rights of inheritance. However, more than economic inequality, more than any other aspect of the total experience which one might catalogue, there is one pervasive factor that should convince us all to support the ERA. I believe that there is a basic mind set among us which militates against both women and men, preventing them from achieving total personal fulfillment. Most of us are guilty of sex-role stereotyping which deprives both women and men of the full range of experiences which ought to belong to each of us because we are human creatures. To help create an environment conducive to individual fulfillment, we need the ERA. -Dr. Edwin C. Boulton The issue is clear: The guarantee of human dignity and equality of all persons before the law, and the abolition of discrimination. That is the American dream of "liberty and justice fo all." The Iowa Equal Rights Amendment writes into the state constitution what we have long professed but have been hesitant to enact. -Bishop Wayne K. Clymer As the Bishop of the Iowa United Methodist Church I am thankful for the strong concern for the Equal Rights for women and men shown by the leaders of our Iowa churches. As united Methodists, we have an opportunity to put a belief in equality through Christ into practice by voting for the passage of the Iowa ERA on November 4, 1980. -Bishop Lance Webb IOWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTION ON THE IOWA ERA . . . Be it further resolved, that the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church supports legislation that would establish an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa Constitution; Be it further esolved, that the local church be encouraged to educate its congregation on this issue through the use of pamphlets and other materials, Be it further resolved that the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church continue membership in the Iowa ERA Coalition. Adopted by Iowa Annual Conference in 977, 1978, 1978, 1980.
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People of Faith FOR ERA Hawkeye ERA Supplement Volume 12 Des Moines, Iowa - October, 1980 Number 8 Conference Historically Supports ERA Position In addition to the statements of support passed by the Annual Conference each year since 1977, major agencies of the church have been actively involved. These include the Conference Council on Youth Ministries, the Commission on the Status and Role of Women, and the Conference Board of Church and Society. Rev. Jill Carlson, past chairperson of the Commission, explained "Iowa ERA can and will make a difference. Our work on its behalf is witness to our deep Christian concern for the legal rights of all women and men." Support of the Youth Council, according to its president, Becky Young, stems from the fact that youth "are the persons whom equality under the law will affect for many years to come." Specific actions of the church have included the formation of an ERA task force, organization and training of a speakers bureau, preparing exhibits for annual confernce and other meetings, work with other organizations through the Iowa ERA Coalition and the publication of this insert. In a joint statement, Rev. Richard Eis, past chairman of the Board of Church and Society, and Eloise Cranke, current chairperson, cited the 1980 General Conference Resolution on the Equal Rights of Women. It specifically refers to the treatment by Jesus of women as indication of his conviction that all persons are of equal worth. ". . . Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment . . . is one of the most important actions our nation can take to affirm the principles on which this nation was founded, principles which flowed out of our religious heritage." At General Conference, Bev Everett, June Goldman, and Mary Yaggy discuss the ERA resolution. The three women have been active in chrch and secular activities over the years; all three served as Iowa delegates to the General Conference in Indianapolis in April, 1980. Former secretary of the Iowa Confernce Board of Education, Everett recently chaired the Camp Fiseal Task Force. Goldman, a former Iowa Mother of the Year, is the Director of Church Relations, Westmar College. Past president of UMW in Iowa, Yaggy currently serves as a member of the General Conference Board of Global Ministries. "Continue Long Line of Splendor" Leaders Request Justice There has been a "long line of splendor" made up of farsighted women who have put their energies and talents and their very lives on the line to ensure the woman's rightful place in God's Plan. Mindful of the sacrifices made and the prgoress achieved, surely we today + beginning a new decade of promise D cannot stand silently by. If we do, we shall have to pay the price of "a dream deferred." -June Goldman, LeMars There is absolutely nothing in the teachings of Jesus that gives credence or substance to the practices of inequality directed toward women down through the ages. What a travesty it would be if Christians were the last to come to this knowledge and the last to understand the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment. Both are matters of simple justice long overdue. -Beverly Everett, New Sharon If we believe in freedom and justce for all persons, then we as Christians need to support and encourage the passage of the Iowa ERA. -Mary W. Yaggy, Des Moines "God intended each individual, whether man or woman, to be free. The freedom and equalirt of each person is insured under the ERA." (Betty Lieder, Clear Lake) Bishops's Counsel: Put Belief into Practice I heartily support the Iowa ERA because I believe that there has been and continues to be considerable discrimination against women in our culture. Some of the discrimination is economic. Many women receive less compensation than men for performance of equal work responsibilities. Until recently there have been discriminatory practices, in many states, with references to credit and rights of inheritance. However, more than economic inequality, more than any other aspect of the total experience which one might catalogue, there is one pervasive factor that should convince us all to support the ERA. I believe that there is a basic mind set among us which militates against both women and men, preventing them from achieving total personal fulfillment. Most of us are guilty of sex-role stereotyping which deprives both women and men of the full range of experiences which ought to belong to each of us because we are human creatures. To help create an environment conducive to individual fulfillment, we need the ERA. -Dr. Edwin C. Boulton The issue is clear: The guarantee of human dignity and equality of all persons before the law, and the abolition of discrimination. That is the American dream of "liberty and justice fo all." The Iowa Equal Rights Amendment writes into the state constitution what we have long professed but have been hesitant to enact. -Bishop Wayne K. Clymer As the Bishop of the Iowa United Methodist Church I am thankful for the strong concern for the Equal Rights for women and men shown by the leaders of our Iowa churches. As united Methodists, we have an opportunity to put a belief in equality through Christ into practice by voting for the passage of the Iowa ERA on November 4, 1980. -Bishop Lance Webb IOWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTION ON THE IOWA ERA . . . Be it further resolved, that the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church supports legislation that would establish an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa Constitution; Be it further esolved, that the local church be encouraged to educate its congregation on this issue through the use of pamphlets and other materials, Be it further resolved that the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church continue membership in the Iowa ERA Coalition. Adopted by Iowa Annual Conference in 977, 1978, 1978, 1980.
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