[Magdalen] A message from Bishop Provisional of TECSC

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

On the one hand, he is obviously voting no, plain and simple. He knows that.

On the other hand, he also says very clearly that for him it certainly was
not a slam-dunk.  I was more interested in his discussion than his nay
vote, actually.

But he cannot get around the fact that he voted no.  Fair is fair.  If you
know your vote is counted as a no, then your vote is a no. Abstaining is
pretending to be on the fence; no way was he on the fence at the end of the
day; he voted against.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> To Eleanor - I posted his letter to the diocese here. He said that he kept
> going back and forth in his thinking about voting yes or no and finally
> decided to abstain, acknowledging that abstaining would be counted as no.
> To his credit in dio TX 3 years ago after GC he did approve blessings in
> two churches in the dio. The power and perceptions in my dio still run
> strong against fully moving forward. Second guessing I think he thinks time
> will change hearts here. I think that will take decades especially with the
> current political climate and pushback on the SCOTUS ruling and the
> perception of Texas empire.  Sigh.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 2, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Did Andy explain why he abstained?  Let your yes be yes (and your no be
> no).
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > in dio of TX HoB
> >
> > Andy abstained
> > and our other 2 bishops voted  no
> >
> > L
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> > by Richard Rohr
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 8:34 AM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: [Magdalen] A message from Bishop Provisional of TECSC
> >
> >
> > *Note: The House of Deputies on Wednesday concurred with the House of
> >> Bishops on two resolutions that provide two new marriage liturgies for
> >> trial use, and change the canon regarding marriage. An Episcopal News
> >> Service article on these changes can be foundhere
> >> <
> >>
> http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/07/01/general-convention-approves-marriage-equality/
> >>> .
> >> Bishop
> >> vonRosenberg voted in favor of these resolutions, A054 and A036, and the
> >> South Carolina deputation was unanimous in voting for them.*
> >>
> >> http://episcopalsc.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >> Alleluia!
> >> Ginga Wilder
> >
> >
>