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==Political Views==

==Political Views==

The United Methodist Church believes that all economic and political systems are ultimately under the rule of God. They agree that the role of government is to protect its citizen's freedom and guarantee the rights of its people to adequate food, clothing and education. They stress that the world's wealth should be shared so that no person is in economic distress. <ref>http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1713687/k.1AAB/MethoPedia.htm</ref> However, the members of the United Methodist Church are quite diverse politically. For example, both [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]] <ref>http://pewforum.org/religion08/profile.php?CandidateID=2</ref> and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] <ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/George_W_Bush.html</ref> are members of the church.

The United Methodist Church believes that all economic and political systems are ultimately under the rule of God. They agree that the role of government is to protect its citizen's freedom and guarantee the rights of its people to adequate food, clothing and education. They stress that the world's wealth should be shared so that no person is in economic distress. <ref>http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1713687/k.1AAB/MethoPedia.htm</ref> However, the members of the United Methodist Church are quite diverse politically. For example, both [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Senator]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]] <ref>http://pewforum.org/religion08/profile.php?CandidateID=2</ref> and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] <ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/George_W_Bush.html</ref> are members of the church.

===Death Penalty===

===Death Penalty===