| Resolution Number: | 1991-A104 |
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| Title: | Affirm Church's Teaching on Sexual Expression and Prepare a Pastoral Teaching |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirms that the teaching of the Episcopal Church is that physical sexual expression is appropriate only within the lifelong monogamous "union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind" "intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity and, when it is God's will, for the procreation of children and their nurture in the knowledge and love of the Lord" as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer; and be it further
Resolved, That this Church continues to work to reconcile the discontinuity between this teaching and the experience of many members of this body; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention confesses our failure to lead and to resolve this discontinuity through legislative efforts based upon resolutions directed at singular and various aspects of these issues; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention commissions the Bishops and members of each Diocesan Deputation to initiate a means for all congregations in their jurisdiction to enter into dialogue and deepen their understanding of these complex issues; and further this General Convention directs the President of each Province to appoint one Bishop, one lay deputy and one clerical deputy in that province to facilitate the process, to receive reports from the dioceses at each meeting of their provincial synod and report to the 71st General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention directs the House of Bishops to prepare a Pastoral Teaching prior to the 71st General Convention using the learnings from the diocesan and provincial processes and calling upon such insight as is necessary from theologians, theological ethicists, social scientists and gay and lesbian persons; and that three lay persons and three members of the clergy from the House of Deputies, appointed by the President of the House of Deputies be included in the preparation of this Pastoral Teaching.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 746. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Human Affairs |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A104)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That each Diocese of this Church, acting in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and in accordance with its own constitution and canons, is fully competent to determine whom best to ordain to the ordained ministry of the Church in the light of the qualifications presented for ordinations in the Book of Common Prayer; and be it further
Resolved, That, in accordance with national and local canons and long-standing practice, the Ecclesiastical Authority in each diocese determines which clergy may be received or licensed to officiate within the respective diocese(s).
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 70th General Convention affirms the teaching of the Episcopal Church that physical, sexual expression is appropriate only within the life-long, monogamous, heterosexual union contracted in marriage, as described by the Book of Common Prayer and codified by the Canons of the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That this Church continues to struggle to resolve the discontinuity between this teaching and the experience of many members of this body; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention confesses our failure to lead and to resolve this discontinuity through legislative efforts based upon random resolutions directed at singular and various aspects of these issues; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention commissions the bishops and members of each diocesan deputation to initiate a means for all congregations in their jurisdiction to enter into dialogue and deepen their understanding of these complex ethical issues; and further this General Convention respectfully directs the Presidents of the various provinces to appoint one bishop, one lay deputy and one clerical deputy in that province to facilitate the process, to receive reports from the dioceses at each annual Provincial Synod and report to the 71st General Convention.
The Bishop of Northern Michigan moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
In the second Resolved, after the word "many," add "gay and lesbian."
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
The Bishop of Central Florida moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
Add as a fifth Resolved:
Resolved, That this 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, mindful of the expectation that clergy are to "strive to pattern their lives after the teachings of Christ," and to be "wholesome examples to the flock," calls upon its bishops, priests, and deacons, to abstain from sexual relations outside of marriage.
| A roll call vote was called for: Aye--85 | Nay--93 | Abstain--5 | Absent--3 |
Bishops who voted Aye--85
Bishop Gooden
Bishop Harte
The Bishop of Cuernavaca
The Bishop of Kentucky
Bishop Bailey
Bishop Frey
Bishop Robinson
Bishop Rivera
Bishop Haynsworth
Bishop Stewart
Bishop Varley
Bishop Vogel
Bishop Shirley
Bishop Edward M. Turner
Bishop Sheridan
Bishop Cox
Bishop Carral
Bishop Atkinson
Bishop Parsons
Bishop Bigliardi
Bishop Wolterstorff
The Bishop of Mississippi
The Bishop of Florida
Bishop Cochrane
The Bishop of Louisiana
The Bishop of Arizona
The Suffragan Bishop of Michigan
Bishop Warner
Bishop McAllister
The Bishop of Northern California
The Bishop of Upper South Carolina
The Bishop of Southeast Mexico
The Bishop of Fond de Lac
The Bishop of Texas
Bishop Allison
The Bishop of Eau Claire
The Bishop of Central Pennsylvania
The Bishop of Northwest Texas
The Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast
The Bishop of Western Kansas
The Bishop of Pittsburgh
The Bishop of Western Mexico
The Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut (Bishop Coleridge)
The Bishop of Guatemala
The Bishop of Springfield
Bishop Charlton
The Bishop of San Diego
The Bishop of West Tennessee
The Bishop of Dallas
The Bishop of Georgia
The Bishop of Honduras
The Bishop of Albany
The Bishop of Virginia
The Bishop of Milwaukee
The Bishop of Lexington
The Bishop of Forth Worth
The Suffragan Bishop of Mexico
The Bishop of Southwest Florida
Bishop Carr (The Assistant Bishop of Upper South Carolina)
The Bishop of Oregon
The Bishop of West Texas
The Bishop of Alabama
The Bishop of Northern Indiana
The Bishop of the Virgin Islands
The Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut (Bishop Rowthorn)
The Suffragan Bishop of West Texas
The Bishop of Quincy
The Bishop of Oklahoma
The Bishop of Taiwan
The Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Ohio
The Bishop Coadjutor of San Joaquin
The Bishop of West Missouri
The Bishop of Rio Grande
The Bishop of Western North Carolina
The Bishop of Central Florida
The Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania
The Bishop of West Virginia
The Bishop of Western Louisiana
The Suffragan Bishop of Texas
The Bishop of Nebraska
The Bishop of North Dakota
The Bishop of Kansas
The Bishop of South Carolina
The Suffragan Bishop for the Armed Forces
The Suffragan Bishop of Panama
Bishops who voted No--93
Bishop Girault Jones
The Bishop of East Tennessee
Bishop Barrett
Bishop Putnam
Bishop Moore
Bishop Davidson
Bishop Burt
Bishop Appleyard
Bishop Davies
Bishop Stough
Bishop Krumm
The Bishop of Haiti
Bishop Henton
Bishop Charles
Bishop McGehee
Bishop Righter
Bishop Sims
The Bishop of New Jersey
The Bishop of Missouri
The Bishop of Southern Virginia
The Bishop of Newark
The Bishop of Indianapolis
The Bishop of Wyoming
The Bishop of Minnesota
Bishop Child
The Bishop of Southeast Florida
The Bishop of Southwestern Virginia
The Bishop of California
The Suffragan Bishop of New York
The Bishop of East Carolina
The Bishop of Connecticut
Bishop David Lewis
Bishop Hopkins
The Bishop of North Carolina
The Bishop of Rhode Island
The Bishop of Eastern Oregon
The Bishop of Arkansas
Bishop Wolfrum
The Bishop of Central New York
The Bishop of New York
The Bishop of Maryland
Bishop Birney
The Bishop of Northern Michigan
The Bishop of Bethlehem
The Bishop of Ohio
The Bishop of Easton
The Bishop of Panama
Bishop Pettit
The Bishop of Western Massachusetts
The Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of South Dakota
The Bishop of Maine
The Bishop of Nicaragua
The Bishop of Chicago
The Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Virginia
The Bishop of Massachusetts
The Bishop of Montana
The Bishop of Pennsylvania
The Bishop of New Hampshire
The Bishop of Vermont
The Bishop of Nevada
The Bishop of Western New York
The Suffragan Bishop of Ohio
The Bishop of Utah
The Bishop of Washington
The Bishop of Delaware
The Bishop of Hawaii
The Bishop of Atlanta
The Bishop of Long Island
The Bishop of Los Angeles
The Bishop of Iowa
The Bishop of Michigan
The Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts
The Suffragan Bishop of Minnesota
The Bishop of Olympia
The Bishop of Mexico
The Bishop of Western Michigan
The Suffragan Bishop of Maryland
The Bishop of the Navajoland Area Mission
The Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina
The Bishop of Central Ecuador
The Bishop of Idaho
The Bishop of El Camino Real
The Bishop of Spokane
The Bishop of Colorado
The Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles
The Suffragan Bishop of Chicago
The Bishop Coadjutor of Missouri
The Bishop of Alaska
The Suffragan Bishop of Newark
The Bishop Coadjutor of East Tennessee
The Bishop Coadjutor of Northern California
The Bishop Coadjutor of Mississippi
Bishops present but abstaining--5
Bishop Rose
The Presiding Bishop
The Bishop of the Dominican Republic
Bishop Meeks
The Bishop of Tennessee
Bishops who were absent at the vote--3
Bishop Emrich
Bishop Primo
The Suffragan Bishop of Pennsylvania
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
Bishop Reynolds moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
Delete the fourth Resolved and add:
Resolved, That we respectfully direct the Presidents of the House of Deputies and of the House of Bishops to appoint a task force by October 1st, 1991, drawn from lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons from the Episcopal Church; To achieve a new pattern in dealing with areas of fundamental teaching that do not lend themselves to the normal legislative process, including the fundamental questions of our human sexuality in light of the baptismal covenant by which the widest participation by the membership of this Church will enter into prayer, education and dialogue about the nature and responsibility of this Church's teaching regarding sexual behavior in the lives of the baptized members of the body of Christ and our common life as a Christian community.
The Bishop of West Texas moved to amend the proposed amendment.
Proposed Amendment to the Amendment:
After the words "House of Bishops," add the words "in consultation with their Councils of Advice."
Motion carried
Amendment to the amendment adopted
The Bishop of Arizona moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on Bishop Reynolds' amendment to the Committee Substitute.
Motion defeated
Reynolds amendment defeated
The Bishop of Upper South Carolina moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
Delete the fourth Resolved in its entirety and add:
Resolved, That all remaining resolutions dealing with Human Sexuality be set aside for the remainder of this 70th General Convention, and that they be referred to the House of Bishops with the request that the bishops spend the coming triennium dealing with these matters and prepare for the 71st General Convention for its consideration a statement on human sexuality.
The Bishop of Louisiana moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on the Bishop of Upper South Carolina's amendment to the Committee Substitute.
Motion defeated
Bishop of Upper South Carolina amendment defeated
The Bishop of Connecticut moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
Add a fifth Resolved:
Resolved, That having acted in a spirit which seeks to lead the Church to a common mind on these matters, the members of the House of Bishops will take no action without first having sought in writing the counsel of the other members of this House.
The Bishop of Rio Grande moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on the Bishop of Connecticut's amendment.
Motion defeated
Bishop of Connecticut amendment defeated
The Bishop of El Camino Real moved a substitute resolution.
Proposed Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 70th General Convention affirms the received traditions both of the authority of bishops of the catholic church in ordinations and of the sanctity of marriage as taught by the Book of Common Prayer; and be it further
Resolved, That diocesan bishops are historically pastorally entitled to take orders and to ordain persons possessing the qualities necessary to be wholesome examples to the flock of Christ; and be it further
Resolved, That those dioceses who are yet to undertake the study of human sexuality as required by resolution of the 69th General Convention do so now in the next triennium and report to the 71st General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That it is not the mind of this Church to consider now the matter of the creation of liturgical forms for the blessing of same-sex unions.
Bishop Cochrane moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on the Bishop of El Camino Real's proposed Substitute Resolution.
Motion defeated
Bishop of El Camino Real substitute defeated
The Bishop of Indianapolis moved to amend the Committee Substitution.
Proposed Amendment:
In the third Resolved, strike "failure to lead and" and replace with "inability."
The Committee on Ministry accepted the amendment.
Bishop Moore moved to substitute Resolution A104 for the Committee Substitute.
The Bishop of Mississippi moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on Bishop Moore's substitution of Resolution #A104 for the Committee Substitute.
Motion defeated
Moore substitute defeated
Bishop Vogel moved to amend the Committee Substitute.
Proposed Amendment:
In the second resolved, delete the word "experience" and replace it with the word "persuasion."
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
Bishop Cochrane moved the previous question on the Committee Substitute.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
The House voted on the Committee Substitute for Resolution A104.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #94)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #6 on House of Bishops Message #94 relating to Resolution A104s (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) and moved concurrence, with amendment.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 70th General Convention affirms acknowledges that the teaching of the Episcopal Church is that physical sexual expression is appropriate only within the life-long, monogamous heterosexual union contracted in marriage as described by the Book of Common Prayer and codified by the Canons of the Episcopal Church, "union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind" "intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity; and, when it is God's will, for the procreation of children and their nurture in the knowledge and love of the Lord;" and be it further
Resolved, That this Church continue s to struggle work to resolve reconcile the discontinuity between this teaching and the experience of many members of this body; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention confesses our inability failure to lead and to resolve this discontinutiy through legislative efforts based upon random resolutions directed at singular and various aspects of these issues; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention commissions the bishops and members of each diocesan deputation to initiate a means for all congregations in their jurisdiction to enter into dialogue and deepen their understanding of these complex ethical issues; and further this General Convention respectfully directs the President s of the various each province s to appoint one bishop, one lay deputy, and one clerical deputy in that province to facilitate the process, to receive reports from the dioceses at each annual meeting of their Provincial Synod and report to the 71st General Convention . ; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention directs the House of Bishops to prepare a Pastoral Teaching prior to the 71st General Convention using the learnings from the diocesan and provincial processes and calling upon such insight as is necessary from theologians, theological ethicists, social scientists, and gay and lesbian persons; and that three lay persons and three members of the clergy from the House of Deputies, be included in the preparation of this Pastoral Teaching.
Deputy Coyne of Western Massachusetts moved a substitute, which would restore the House of Bishops Message #94, A104s, thereby taking out the Committee's amendment.
Proposed Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 70th General Convention affirms the teaching of the Episcopal Church that physical sexual expression is appropriate only within the life-long, monogamous heterosexual union contracted in marriage as described by the Book of Common Prayer and codified by the Canons of the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That this Church continue to struggle to resolve the discontinuity between this teaching and the experience of many members of this body; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention confesses our inability to resolve this discontinuity through legislative efforts based upon random resolutions directed at singular and various aspects of these issues; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention commissions the bishops and members of each diocesan deputation to initiate a means for all congregations in their jurisdiction to enter into dialogue and deepen their understanding of these complex ethical issues; and further this General Convention respectfully directs the Presidents of the various provinces to appoint one bishop, one lay deputy, and one clerical deputy in that province to facilitate the process, to receive reports from the dioceses at each annual Provincial Synod and report to the 71st General Convention.
The question was called on the Coyne Substitute to A104s, as amended.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
Deputy Randolph of Fort Worth moved an amendment to the main motion, A104s, as amended.
Proposed Amendment:
Add the words: "; provided, however, that during the term of such study a moratorium is hereby imposed on the ordination of any homosexual living openly with a lover of the same sex, and that any bishop who knowingly violates such moratorium shall be subject to deposition."
The question was called on the Randolph amendment to A104s, as amended.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the Randolph amendment to A104s, as amended.
Motion defeated
Randolph amendment defeated
Deputy Gipson of Alabama moved an amendment to A104s, as amended.
Proposed Amendment:
Restore all the words stricken from the first Resolved and strike all the words added in the Resolved added by the committee.
Motion defeated
Gipson amendment defeated
After the allotted twenty minutes time for debate expired, debate was stopped.
A motion was made to suspend the Rules of Order to allow ten additional minutes to debate and further perfect A104s, as amended.
Motion defeated
A vote was taken on the Coyne Substitute to A104s, as amended.
Motion defeated
[Coyne] substitute resolution defeated
Deputy Kinslow of Oklahoma moved to amend Report #37a of the Committee on Dispatch of Business to revise the order for voting on the Resolutions before the House to: (1st) A104s, as amended; (2nd) B003; and (3rd) C032.
The question was called.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the Kinslow motion.
Motion to amend the Special Order defeated
Deputy Belzer of South Carolina moved to suspend the rules to reconsider Resolution A104s (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) in order to extend the debate.
He was ruled out of order.
Deputy Rushing of Massachusetts moved to reconsider Committee on Dispatch of Business Report #37a.
The question was called.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the Rushing motion.
Motion defeated
The clerical deputations of Fort Worth and Quincy and the lay deputation of San Joaquin called for a vote by orders on Resolution A104s (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) as amended.
Ballot #22 was cast by orders on A104s as amended.
Ballot #22 taken
The Secretary read the results of Ballot #22 on A104s (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) with amendment.
The following deputations chose to be polled on Ballot #22:
Ohio - Clerical
Harry Nevels, Jr.--no
Ernest DuRoss--no
Kathleen Burn--yes
Gay Jennings--yes
Northwest Pennsylvania - Lay
Lois Tamplin--yes
Gary Yaeger--yes
W. R. Burrows III--yes
Margaret Alexa-Allen--yes
Results of Ballot #22 on A104s
Summary of Votes
| Type | Total | Yes | No | Divided | Necessary | |||||
| Lay | 112 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 57 | |||||
| Clerical | 115 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 58 |
BALLOT #22
A104s - Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain
| Diocese | Lay | Clerical | ||||||
| Alabama | Yes | Divided | ||||||
| Alaska | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Albany | No | No | ||||||
| Arizona | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Arkansas | Yes | Divided | ||||||
| Atlanta | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Bethlehem | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| California | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Central Florida | No | Yes | ||||||
| Central Gulf Coast | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Central New York | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Central Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Chicago | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Churches In Europe | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Colombia | ||||||||
| Colorado | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Connecticut | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Cuernavaca | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Dallas | No | Yes | ||||||
| Delaware | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| East Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| East Tennessee | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Eastern Oregon | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Easton | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Eau Claire | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Ecuador | Yes | |||||||
| El Camino Real | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| El Salvador | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Florida | No | No | ||||||
| Fond du Lac | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Fort Worth | No | No | ||||||
| Georgia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Guatemala | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Haiti | Yes | |||||||
| Hawaii | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Honduras | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Idaho | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Indianapolis | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Iowa | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Kansas | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Kentucky | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Lexington | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Litoral | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Long Island | Yes | Divided | ||||||
| Los Angeles | Yes | Divided | ||||||
| Louisiana | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Maine | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Maryland | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Massachusetts | Divided | Yes | ||||||
| Mexico | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Michigan | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Milwaukee | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Minnesota | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Mississippi | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Missouri | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Montana | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Navaho Missions | ||||||||
| Nebraska | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Nevada | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| New Hampshire | Divided | Yes | ||||||
| New Jersey | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| New York | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Newark | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Nicaragua | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| North Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| North Dakota | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Northern California | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Northern Indiana | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Northern Mexico | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Northern Michigan | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Northwest Texas | No | Yes | ||||||
| Northwestern Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Ohio | Yes | Divided | ||||||
| Oklahoma | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Olympia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Oregon | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Panama | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Pittsburgh | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Quincy | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Rhode Island | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Rio Grande | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Rochester | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| San Diego | Divided | Yes | ||||||
| San Joaquin | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| South Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| South Dakota | No | Yes | ||||||
| Southeast Florida | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Southeastern Mexico | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Southern Ohio | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Southern Virginia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Southwest Florida | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Southwestern Virginia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Spokane | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Springfield | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Taiwan | Yes | |||||||
| Tennessee | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Texas | Yes | No | ||||||
| Upper South Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Utah | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Vermont | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Virgin Islands | No | No | ||||||
| Virginia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Washington | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| West Missouri | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| West Tennessee | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| West Texas | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| West Virginia | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western Kansas | Divided | Yes | ||||||
| Western Louisiana | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western Massachusetts | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western Mexico | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western Michigan | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western New York | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Western North Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Wyoming | No | Yes |
The House concurred with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #177)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #35 on HD Message #177 relating to Resolution A104sa (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) and moved concurrence as amended by the Committee.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the first Resolved, replace "acknowledges" with "affirms."
In the first Resolved, after "love of the Lord," add "as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer."
The House concurred with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #224)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #35 on Resolution A104sa (Diocese to Determine Whom to Ordain) and moved concurrence.
Deputy Sutherland of Arkansas moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
Delete all but the first Resolved.
The question was called on the Sutherland amendment and the main motion.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the Sutherland amendment.
Motion defeated
Sutherland amendment defeated
A vote was taken on Resolution A104sa.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #249)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 19.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Human Affairs, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 195-223. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention affirms that physical sexual expression is appropriate only within the lifelong monogamous "union of husband and wife." It calls the Church to continue to reconcile the discontinuity between this teaching and the experience of members of this body and requests preparation of a Pastoral Teaching. |