In the Same Boat:
Opposition to the Ministries of Gays
and of Women in ECUSA

By Louie Crew

                 Rutgers:  The State University of NJ

      Copyright 1995 by Louie Crew, 377 S. Harrison Street, #12D
                         East Orange, NJ 07018 
           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.

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