Sunday, September 21, 2008

Why the Vote Was Wrong

http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-vote-was-wrong.html

[Anglican Curmudgeon] 21 Sep 2008-- Louie Crew does not waste any time in updating his database on Episcopal Church bishops. Accessed just one day after the vote in the House of Bishops to consent to the deposition of the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, who is still (as of today, September 20) the diocesan of Pittsburgh, it already shows the see of Pittsburgh as "vacant." (The certificate of deposition will probably not be signed until Monday or Tuesday, in New York.)

It is, of course, a minor quibble, because the signing of the certificate of deposition (which will add one more offense to the catalog of canonical violations committed by the current presiding bishop) is a foregone conclusion. But it is yet another confirmation of the rush to judgment that was the most significant aspect of the vote to "depose" Bishop Duncan. In this post, I want to share the results of some mathematical analysis of the vote, made possible for the first time by the parliamentary request to have a roll-call vote.

(Praise and thanks are due to the stalwarts whose names appear below for the following action taken in the House of Bishops, as recorded in the official minutes, which preserved the vote for the analysis given here....

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