General Conference policy opposes discrimination based on gender (as well as race and color), but then goes on to contradict itself. Dr. Gary Patterson spoke to the Michiana Adventist Forum last Sabbath afternoon about General Conference policy on the ordination of women, including the limits of the GC's administrative authority, and its policy on discrimination.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://spectrummagazine.org/article/gary-patterson/2013/11/06/general-conference-policy-discrimination-and-womens-ordination-par