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19-February-2002
02069

Amendment A is defeated

Presbytery of South Louisiana casts 87th and deciding "no" vote

by Jerry L. Van Marter

LOUISVILLE - The Presbytery of South Louisiana cast the 87th and deciding vote against Amendment 01-A on Feb. 19.

The amendment's defeat ensures, for at least one more year, that officers of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will continue to be required to practice "fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness."

The vote on Amendment 01-A - which would delete section G-6.0106b from the church's Book of Order - now stands at 87 presbyteries against, 40 in favor. Fifty-six presbyteries have yet to vote.

A similar measure proposed in 1997 was defeated 57-114. If all the remaining presbyteries vote the same way this year as they did then, 01-A would lose by a final margin of about 49-124.

G-6.0106b states: "Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons, elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament."

The unofficial tally:

Yes (40): Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Cayuga-Syracuse, Chicago, de Cristo, Denver, Des Moines, East Iowa, Eastern Oregon, Elizabeth, Genesee Valley, Geneva, Giddings-Lovejoy, Heartland, Hudson River, John Knox, Long Island, Mid-Kentucky, Milwaukee, National Capital, New Castle, New York City, Newton, Northern Kansas, Northern New England, Northern New York, Northern Waters, Palisades, Redwoods, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Fe, Sierra Blanca, Southern New England, Susquehanna Valley, Twin Cities Area, Utica, Western Reserve and Winnebago.

No (87): Arkansas, Beaver-Butler, Boise, Carlisle, Central Florida, Central Washington, Charleston-Atlantic, Cimarron, Coastal Carolina, Dakota, Donegal, East Tennessee, Eastern Virginia, Eastminster, Flint River, Florida, Foothills, Great Rivers, Greater Atlanta, Holston, Huntingdon, Inland Northwest, James, John Calvin, Kiskiminetas, Lackawanna, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lehigh, Los Ranchos, Maumee Valley, Memphis, Midwest Hanmi, Minnesota Valleys, Mississippi, Missouri River Valley, Missouri Union, Muskingum Valley, New Covenant, New Harmony, Noroeste, North Alabama, North Central Iowa, Northeast Georgia, Northern Plains, Northumberland, Ohio Valley, Olympia, Pacific, Peace River, Peaks, Pittsburgh, Plains and Peaks, Prospect Hill, Providence, Pueblo, Riverside, Salem, San Diego, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Joaquin, San Juan, Santa Barbara, Scioto Valley, Seattle, Shenandoah, Sheppards and Lapsley, South Alabama, South Louisiana, Southern Kansas, St. Andrew, St. Augustine, !
Stockton, Suroeste, Transylvania, Trinity, Tropical Florida, Upper Ohio Valley, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Western North Carolina, Whitewater Valley, Wyoming and Yellowstone.
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