Marco Grimaldo, an MLP board member and Presbyterian Elder said, "as a Latino who grew up in the Spanish speaking Presbyterian churches of South Texas, the words of welcome in the Book of Order are extremely important. Our church still struggles with bias and discrimination and I no more want to be excluded due to my ethnicity than because of my sexuality."

This proposed amendment to the Book of Order came in response to Overture 00-60 from the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, which sought to clarify confusion about the church's policy on welcoming lesbian and gay people by adding the words "sexual orientation" to the list of reasons for which persons would not be denied membership. Though the overture came out of its Assembly Committee with an overwhelming vote for approval (37/8/4), a floor amendment which was ultimately approved by the 212th General Assembly instead amended G-5.0103 to delete the entire non-discrimination list, which included language prohibiting discrimination the basis of race, ethnicity, and worldly condition.

MLP Co-Moderator Bill Moss said, "MLP supports the ongoing efforts of the church to encourage diversity and to protect against discrimination. This was a decision about justice and even if this section of the Book of Order does not include LGBT people specifically, we are pleased that the integrity of the passage has remained intact."

More Light Presbyterians is a group of individual members and congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA) who work for the full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of faith in the life, work and ministry of the PC(USA).