Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 23:06:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Louie Crew As revised/corrected on October 5, 1995. In the Same Boat: Opposition to the Ministries of Gays and Women in ECUSA by Louie Crew Rutgers: The State University of NJ Copyright 1995 by Louie Crew, P. O. Box 30, Newark, NJ 07101 Use freely, but please acknowledge the source Bishops who opposed C004sa, the legislation that would mandate that all dioceses enable women's minstries, also are heavily invested in the Presentment to bring to trial for heresy a bishop who ordained lesbians and gays. Of the 17 who voted against C004sa, 16 (94%) also signed the presentment: NAME INIT. SEE TYPE (D=Diocesan, R=Retired) Ackerman K Quincy D Bailey FS West Texas R Beckwith P Springfield D Gooden R Panama R Gross H Oregon R Haden C Northern California R Hathaway A Pittsburgh D Iker J Fort Worth D Kelshaw T Rio Grande D MacNaughton J West Texas D Parsons D Quincy R Schofield JD San Joaquin D Sheridan W Northern Indiana R Stanton J Dallas D Thompson J Northern California R Wantland W Eau Claire D (Dorsey Henderson, Upper SC, did not sign the presentment but did vote against C004sa.) Of the 18 who abstained rather than support C004sa, 13 (72 %) also signed the presentment: NAME INIT. SEE TYPE (D=Diocesan, R=Retired) Ball D Albany D Cochrane R Olympia R Coleman J West Tennessee D Fairfield A North Dakota D Frey W Dean Trinity Seminary X Herlong B Tennessee D Howe J Central Florida D Jacobus R Fond du Lac D Jecko S Florida D Krotz J Nebraska D McArthur E West Texas R Shipps H Georgia R Wolterstorff R San Diego R (The Presiding Bishop, plus Bishops M. Barahona, T. Isaac, J. Rowthorne, and J. Duracin also abstained, but did not sign the presentment.) Also, not one person voted against C005sa who also signed the 1994 "Statement of Koinonia" affirming lesbigays ordinations and the blessings of lesbigay relationships.