The conference must still vote on whether or not to accept Knoxville as a member.

In March 2012, several unions and conferences voted to support the ordination of women.

In 1990, the conference voted that sexual orientation should not be a bar to serving as a rabbi.

At its convention in August, the conference voted to delay a vote on an endorsement.

On that day, the general conference unanimously voted to accept the revelation "as the word and will of the Lord."

However, in 1915, national conference voted against the introduction of military conscription.

But late last month, the conference voted 11 to 9 not to accept St. Sabina.

The conference voted for a major cut in military spending under a Labor government, with the savings to be reallocated mainly to social welfare programs.

The conference voted to drop football as a sport on April 30, 1985.