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30-January-1997 
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        Amendment Voting Pattern Holds: Affirmative Votes  
         Lead for "COCU," Lag for "Fidelity and Chastity" 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--With 15 percent of the 171 presbyteries reporting, voting 
on Amendment B -- the so-called "fidelity and chastity" amendment -- and 
Amendment C (the Consultation on Church Union amendment) is still very 
close. 
 
     According to the official count maintained by the Office of the 
General Assembly (OGA), as of Jan. 28 the Amendment B count is 11 
presbyteries in the affirmative and 15 presbyteries in the negative.  On 
Amendment C, the official tally is 14 presbyteries in the affirmative and 9 
in the negative. 
 
     A majority of the 171 presbyteries -- 86 -- must vote in the 
affirmative for the amendments to be incorporated into the "Book of Order." 
 
     To ensure complete accuracy, the Presbyterian News Service will only 
report those presbytery votes that have been formally filed with OGA. 
 
               Amendment B (Fidelity and Chastity) 
 
     Affirmative (11): Central Florida, Charleston-Atlantic, Cherokee, 
Donegal, Flint River, Holston, Inland Northwest, Muskingum Valley, 
Philadelphia, Suroeste and Yukon. 
 
     Negative (15): Chicago, Eastern Oregon, Heartland, Louisville, 
Northern Kansas, Ohio Valley, Redwoods, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Fe, 
Twin Cities Area, Utica, West Virginia, Western Kentucky and Whitewater 
Valley. 
 
                        Amendment C (COCU) 
 
     Affirmative (14): Baltimore, Cherokee, Chicago, Eastern Oregon, 
Heartland, Hudson River, Louisville, Northern Kansas, Redwoods, Santa Fe, 
Twin Cities Area, West Virginia, Western Kentucky and Yukon. 
 
     Negative (9): Central Florida, Charleston-Atlantic, Flint River, 
Holston, Inland Northwest, Los Ranchos, Muskingum Valley, San Francisco and 
Whitewater Valley 

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