It rejects genetic developments that harm the community of life. It rejects the "technological imperative" that humans may use knowledge to create any technological application if the market will support it. It rejects reproductive cloning of humans. It supports investment in genetic knowledge and its application to heal afflictions, relieve human suffering, improve the human situation and restore the environment. It calls for long-term, ecological, social and economic impact assessment for genetic processes and products. It rejects the creation of human embryonic life expressly for research purposes, but welcomes "scientific research aimed at finding alternative sources" of stem cells that doesn't involve uses of embryonic human life. It also accepts the use of surplus frozen embryos created for infertility treatment that are no longer needed. It calls for increased education about and labeling of genetically engineered food.

SOURCE Evangelical Lutheran Church in America