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5-February-1997 
97067 
 
          Affirmative Votes Continue to Lead for "Cocu" 
               and Lag for "Fidelity and Chastity" 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--With nearly one-quarter of the 171 presbyteries reporting, 
negative votes outnumber affirmative votes 27-20 on Amendment B, the 
so-called "fidelity and chastity" amendment to the "Book of Order." 
 
     By a narrower margin, 19-16 with one "no action," affirmative votes 
outnumber negative votes on Amendment C, the implementing amendments for 
the Consultation on Church Union, or COCU. 
 
     This official count, maintained by the Office of the General Assembly 
(OGA), reflected all formal ballots received by presbyteries as of Feb. 4. 
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 (20): Beaver-Butler, Central Florida, Charleston-Atlantic, 
Cherokee, de Cristo, Donegal, Eastern Virginia, Flint River, Holston, 
Inland Northwest, Mississippi, Muskingum Valley, Palo Duro, Philadelphia, 
San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Sheppards & Lapsley, Suroeste, Western North 
Carolina and Yukon. 
 
Negative (27): Chicago, Des Moines, Eastern Oregon, Eastminster, Genesee 
Valley, Giddings-Lovejoy, Heartland, Hudson River, Louisville, Milwaukee, 
Minnesota Valleys, New York City, Northern Kansas, Ohio Valley, Palisades, 
Redwoods, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Fe, Sierra Blanca, Twin Cities 
Area, Utica, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Western New York, Whitewater 
Valley and Wyoming. 
 
                        Amendment C (COCU) 
 
Affirmative (19): Baltimore, Cherokee, Chicago, Des Moines, Eastern Oregon, 
Heartland, Hudson River, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minnesota Valleys, New York 
City, Northern Kansas, Redwoods, Santa Fe, Sierra Blanca, Twin Cities Area, 
West Virginia, Western Kentucky and Yukon. 
 
Negative (16): Central Florida, Charleston-Atlantic, Eastern Virginia, 
Flint River, Holston, Inland Northwest, Los Ranchos, Mississippi, Muskingum 
Valley, Palo Duro, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Shenandoah, 
Western North Carolina and Whitewater Valley. 
 
No Action (1): Wyoming.  

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