In 1994 the House of Deputies recorded a vote by orders on 7 belwether votes regarding lesbigay issues. Kim Byham reported the tallies in both orders in the post-convention issue of the Voice of Integrity, Fall 1994/Winter 1995, pages 50-51. The map above shows how the votes are distributed geographically. Dioceses are coded by color to reflect the percent of their support of lesbigays. When a bishop was at variance with his diocese by 20+ percent, the diocese contains a blue circle if the bishop was more supportive than the deputies or a red dot if the bishop was less supportive than the deputies.
Note: the bishops did not vote on the same issues. The percent of support for a bishop derives from the bishop's vote on all belwether lbg issues since that bishop arrived in the House of Bishops.
Percent positive towards lesbigay issues on LBG Issues
Dio. 1994 GC Bishop Deputies Diocese ------ ------- -------- 4.00 7.86 Alabama ne 8.21 Alaska* 1.67 8.57 Albany 10.00 9.64 Arizona 10.00 7.14 Arkansas 8.00 10 Atlanta ne 10 Bethlehem* 10.00 9.64 California 3.33 3.57 Central Florida 1.67 3.57 Central Gulf Coast 10.00 9.64 Central New York ne 7.5 Central Pennsylvania* 10.00 9.29 Chicago 10.00 4.29 Colorado 8.00 9.29 Connecticut 0.00 4.29 Dallas 10.00 10 Delaware 5.00 10 East Carolina 10.00 2.5 East Tennessee 10.00 10 Eastern Oregon 10.00 10 Easton 1.67 4.29 Eau Claire 10.00 9.64 El Camino Real 0.00 1.43 Florida 0.00 5.71 Fond du Lac 0.00 0 Fort Worth ne 3.57 Georgia* ne 9.64 Hawaii* 10.00 6.79 Idaho 10.00 9.29 Indianapolis 8.00 10 Iowa 3.33 6.79 Kansas 10.00 10 Kentucky 2.00 7.86 Lexington 8.00 8.93 Long Island 10.00 9.64 Los Angeles 0.00 5.71 Louisiana ne 8.57 Maine* ne 9.64 Maryland* 10.00 9.64 Massachusetts 10.00 5.71 Michigan 2.00 8.57 Milwaukee 10.00 10 Minnesota 10.00 9.64 Mississippi 10.00 10 Missouri 8.00 2.14 Montana 8.00 Navajoland 4.00 4.29 Nebraska 10.00 8.93 Nevada 10.00 10 New Hampshire 10.00 10 New Jersey 10.00 9.64 New York 10.00 10 Newark 10.00 7.14 North Carolina 4.00 6.79 North Dakota 10.00 5.36 Northern California 0.00 6.43 Northern Indiana 10.00 10 Northern Michigan 6.00 6.43 Northwest Texas 0.00 4.64 Northwestern Pa 10.00 5 Ohio 2.00 7.86 Oklahoma 10.00 7.86 Olympia 4.00 8.93 Oregon 10.00 10 Pennsylvania 3.33 5 Pittsburgh 0.00 0.71 Quincy ne 10 Rhode Island* 3.33 4.29 Rio Grande 10.00 10 Rochester 0.00 2.5 San Diego 3.33 0 San Joaquin 3.33 2.14 South Carolina 10.00 8.57 South Dakota 8.00 8.57 Southeast Florida 4.00 9.64 Southern Ohio 10.00 10 Southern Virginia 6.00 6.79 Southwest Florida ne 8.57 Southwestern Virginia* 10.00 9.64 Spokane 0.00 5.71 Springfield 0.00 8.93 Tennessee 0.00 1.07 Texas ne 4.29 Upper South Carolina* ne 8.57 Utah* 10.00 10 Vermont 6.00 5 Virginia 10.00 10 Washington 0.00 8.21 West Missouri 0.00 3.57 West Tennessee 0.00 2.14 West Texas 4.00 8.21 West Virginia ne 8.57 Western Kansas* 3.33 0 Western Louisiana ne 10 Western Massachusetts* 10.00 10 Western Michigan ne 6.79 Western New York* 8.00 10 Western North Carolina ne 8.57 Wyoming** or 'ne'="Current bishop was not a bishop by GC 1994"