What was James's decision as moderator regarding the Gentiles who turned to God?

Les explains that Peter was not the conference moderator; James was, and not the James of the Twelve, whom Les thinks had already been beheaded. Peter had slipped out of being the head man, and now James speaks. James cites Simeon, that is Peter, declaring how God first visited the Gentiles to take out a people for His name, agreeing with the prophets that after calling out a people, God will return and build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down, referring to His Second Coming. James's decision as moderator, in light of all that had taken place, was not to trouble the Gentiles who turned to God, but to write that they abstain from pollutions of idols, from fornication, from things strangled, and from blood. Les notes it is amazing these things were repeated, yet they still hold true today, because God has never given the human race permission to do any of these things.