Sunday, September 21, 2008

Doing the math: only 56 TEC diocesans vote to depose Bishop Duncan

http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/16337

[Stand Firm] 21 Sep 2008--In working on putting the roll call vote data into spreadsheet format, and adding in information about absent diocesan bishops, and reviewing the total number of eligible bishops, etc. I made several startling discoveries.

1. If I correctly understand Louie Crew's House of Bishops data, there were 290 TOTAL bishops that were entitled to vote at the HoB meeting. Only 127 bishops attended the HoB meeting, not even 50% of eligible bishops.

2. ONLY 56 TEC diocesan bishops (or "acting" diocesans, see note below) -- representing exactly 50% of the 112 TEC dioceses -- voted YES to depose Duncan. In the remaining 56 dioceses, the diocesan bishop either voted No, abstained, was absent, or the see of the diocese was vacant. The breakdown is as follows....

Related articles:
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/16354/
290 Bishops Entitled to Vote in House of Bishops—146 Needed to Vote FOR Deposition - Stand Firm
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/16353/
Seven Dioceses Account for 1/4 of the Yes Votes in the Purported Deposition of Bishop Duncan - Stand Firm

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