Resolution Number: 1997-B032
Title: Refer a Resolution on the Kuala Lumpur Statement on Human Sexuality
Legislative Action Taken: Referred
Final Text:

Resolution Referred. See Legislative History for original text of resolution.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 749.

Legislative History

Author: The Rt. Rev. George Edward Haynsworth
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Committee on Social and Urban Affairs

House of Deputies

Original Text of Resolution:

(B032)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church endorse the "Statement of Human Sexuality" as issued by the Second Anglican Encounter in the South, Kuala Lumpur.

Debate followed on Resolution B032.

The question was called to terminate debate.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the referral of Resolution B032.

Motion carried

Resolution referred to an interim body

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #293)

House of Bishops

The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #30 on HD Message #293 on Resolution B032 (Endorsement of Kuala Lumpur Statement) and moved concurrence with referral to an interim body.

Bishop Dickson moved, as a substitute resolution, to adopt rather than refer Resolution B032.

The question was called to terminate debate on the substitute.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

There was a roll call vote on the substitute.

Motion defeated

Resolution rejected

Vote results:

Yes - 42   No - 94   Abstaining - 2

Discussion resumed and a vote was taken on the original motion, to refer B032.

Motion carried

The House concurred

Resolution referred to an interim body

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #313)

VOTE ON ORIGINAL RESOLUTION B032

Bishop Montgomery - 587  
Bishop Barrett - 594 N
Bishop Putnam - 595  
Bishop Paul Moore - 598  
Bishop Reed - 603  
Bishop Bailey - 604  
Bishop Van Duzer - 614  
Bishop Martin - 620  
Bishop Frey - 627  
The Presiding Bishop - 630  
Bishop Gilliam - 634 N
Bishop Leighton - 639  
Bishop Haynsworth - 640  
Bishop Spofford - 643  
Bishop Philip Smith - 647  
Bishop Folwell - 648  
Bishop Stewart - 653  
Bishop Hobgood - 656  
Bishop Stough - 658 N
Bishop Garnier - 660  
Bishop Vogel - 662  
Bishop Henton - 663  
Bishop Charles - 665  
Bishop McGehee - 667  
Bishop Righter - 671  
Bishop Sims - 676  
Bishop Isaac - 678  
Bishop Sheridan - 682  
Bishop Primo - 683  
Bishop Cox - 684  
Bishop Carral - 686  
Bishop Atkinson - 687  
Bishop Weinhauer - 690  
Bishop Parsons - 691 Y
Bishop Cerveny - 699  
Bishop Belshaw - 702  
Bishop Witcher - 703  
Bishop Robert Cochrane - 709  
The Bishop of Louisiana - 711 Y
Bishop Vach - 712  
The Bishop of Newark - 713  
Bishop Heistand - 714  
Bishop McAllister - 718  
The Bishop of Indianapolis - 719 N
Bishop Jones (Dean, Jerusalem) - 721 N
The Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles - 722 N
Bishop Burgreen - 724  
The Assistant Bishop of Central Florida - 725 Y
Bishop Wallace - 727  
The Bishop of Southeast Florida - 728 N
Bishop Light - 729  
The Bishop of Colombia - 730  
The Bishop of California - 732  
Bishop Beckham - 733  
The Suffragan Bishop of New York (Dennis) - 734 N
Bishop Walmsley - 736  
Bishop David Lewis - 739 N
Bishop Hopkins - 740  
Bishop Estill - 741  
Bishop Hunt - 744  
The Bishop of Eastern Oregon - 745  
Bishop Benitez - 747 Y
Bishop Donovan - 748 N
Bishop Allison - 749  
The Bishop of Eau Claire - 750 Y
Bishop McNutt - 752 N
The Bishop of Northwest Texas - 753 N
Bishop Wolfrum - 754  
The Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast - 755 Y
The Assistant Bishop of Southern Virginia - 756  
Bishop Ashby - 757  
The Bishop of New York - 758 N
Bishop George Harris - 759  
The Bishop of Pittsburgh - 761 Y
The Bishop of Connecticut - 763 N
The Bishop of Guatemala - 765  
Bishop Eastman - 767  
The Bishop of Northern Michigan - 769 N
Bishop Charlton - 770  
Bishop Dyer - 772 N
Bishop Dickson - 773 Y
Bishop James Moodey - 774  
Bishop Sorge - 775  
Bishop Shipps - 778 Y
Bishop Ottley - 779 N
The Bishop of Honduras - 780 Y
Bishop Pettit - 781 N
The Bishop of Albany - 782 Y
The Bishop of Rochester - 784 N
The Bishop of Virginia - 785 N
Bishop Craig Anderson - 786  
The Bishop of Milwaukee - 787 N
The Bishop of Lexington - 789 N
The Bishop of Nicaragua - 793  
The Bishop of Chicago - 794  
The Bishop of Southwest Florida - 795 Y
The Bishop of Southern Virginia - 796 N
The Bishop of Oregon - 801 N
Bishop MacNaughton - 802  
The Bishop of Montana - 803  
The Bishop of Pennsylvania - 804 N
The Bishop of New Hampshire - 805 N
Bishop Swenson - 806 N
The Bishop of Alabama - 808 N
The Bishop of Nevada - 809 N
The Bishop of Western New York - 811 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Ohio - 812 N
The Bishop of Washington - 814 N
The Bishop of Northern Indiana - 815 Y
The Bishop of Delaware - 816 N
Bishop Hart - 817 N
The Bishop of Atlanta - 818  
The Assistant Bishop of New York - 819 N
The Suffragan Bishop for American Churches in Europe - 821 Y
Bishop McArthur - 822  
Bishop MacBurney - 823  
The Bishop of Oklahoma - 824 N
The Bishop of Taiwan - 825  
The Bishop of Long Island - 826 N
The Bishop of Los Angeles - 828 N
The Bishop of Southern Ohio - 829  
The Bishop of Iowa - 830 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Pennsylvania - 831 N
The Bishop of San Joaquin - 832 Y
The Bishop of Michigan - 833 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts - 834 N
The Bishop of West Missouri - 835 Y
The Bishop of Rio Grande - 836 Y
The Bishop of Western North Carolina - 837 N
The Assistant Bishop of Olympia - 838 N
The Bishop of Central Florida - 839 Y
The Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania - 840 N
The Bishop of West Virginia - 841 N
The Bishop of Western Louisiana - 842  
The Bishop of Olympia - 843 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Texas (Sterling) - 845  
The Bishop of Nebraska - 846 N
The Bishop of Western Michigan - 847 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Maryland - 848 N
The Bishop of North Dakota - 850 Y
The Bishop of Kansas - 851 N
The Bishop of South Carolina - 852 Y
The Bishop of the Navajoland Area Mission - 853 Y
The Suffragan Bishop to the Armed Forces - 854 N
Bishop Huntington Williams - 855  
The Bishop of Central Ecuador - 856  
The Bishop of Idaho - 857 N
The Bishop of El Camino Real - 858 N
The Bishop of Colorado - 860 Y
The Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles - 861 N
The Bishop of Missouri - 863 N
Bishop Scantlebury (Rector, Jackson, MS) - 864 Y
Bishop Charleston (Chaplain, Trinity College) - 865  
The Suffragan Bishop of Newark - 866 N
The Bishop of East Tennessee - 867 N
The Bishop of Northern California - 868 Y
The Bishop of Mississippi - 869 N
The Bishop of the Dominican Republic - 870 Y
The Bishop of Central New York - 871 N
The Bishop of Springfield - 872 Y
The Bishop of El Salvador - 873 A
The Bishop of San Diego - 874 Y
The Bishop of Arizona - 875  
The Suffragan Bishop of Washington - 876 N
The Bishop of Easton - 877 N
The Bishop of Dallas - 879 Y
The Bishop of Fort Worth - 880 Y
The Bishop of Haiti - 881 Y
The Bishop of Tennessee - 882 Y
The Suffragan Bishop of Virginia (Matthews) - 883 N
The Bishop of Texas - 884 Y
The Bishop of Minnesota - 885 N
The Bishop of New Jersey - 886 N
The Bishop of Vermont - 887 N
The Bishop of West Tennessee - 888 Y
The Bishop of West Texas - 889 Y
The Bishop of Ohio - 890 N
The Bishop of Kentucky - 891 N
The Bishop of Florida - 892 Y
The Bishop of North Carolina - 893  
The Bishop of Fond du Lac - 894 Y
The Bishop of Arkansas - 895 N
The Bishop of South Dakota - 896 N
The Bishop of Quincy - 897 Y
The Bishop of Massachusetts - 898 N
The Bishop of Litoral - 899  
The Suffragan Bishop of Southern Ohio - 900 N
The Bishop of Georgia - 901 N
The Bishop of Upper South Carolina - 902 A
The Suffragan Bishop of Southeast Florida - 903  
The Bishop of Western Kansas - 904  
The Bishop of Panama - 905  
The Assistant Bishop of Atlanta - 906 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Virginia (Jones) - 907 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Texas (Alard) - 908 Y
The Bishop of Maryland - 909 N
The Bishop of Central Pennsylvania - 910 N
The Suffragan Bishop of West Texas - 911 Y
The Suffragan Bishop of New York (Roskam) - 912 N
The Bishop of Rhode Island - 913 N
The Bishop Coadjutor of Southwest Florida - 914 Y
The Suffragan Bishop of South Carolina - 915 Y
The Bishop Coadjutor of Pittsburgh - 916 Y
The Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut - 917 N
The Bishop of Utah - 918 N
The Bishop of Bethlehem - 919 N
The Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina - 920 N
The Bishop of Eastern Michigan - 921 N
The Bishop of East Carolina - 922 N
The Bishop Coadjutor of Alabama - 923 N
The Bishop of Western Massachusetts - 924 N
The Bishop of Southwestern Virginia - 925 N
The Bishop of Hawaii - 926 N
The Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania - 927 N
The Suffragan Bishop of Long Island - 928 N
The Bishop Coadjutor of Indianapolis - 929 N
The Bishop Coadjutor of Northwest Texas - 930 N
The Bishop of the Virgin Islands - 931 N
Yes = 42 No = 94 Abstain = 2

Resolution Referred.

Abstract:   The 72nd General Convention refers to an interim body a resolution endorsing the Kuala Lumpur Statement on Human Sexuality.