Good News from West Texas! Tres Rios Presbytery approves Amendment 08-B

 

 

 

Source of presbytery information:  http://www.tresrios.org/

 

Special thanks to all those working to end discrimination against LGBT Presbyterians and their families now in Tres Rios Presbytery.  You are an inspiration.

 

We want to offer particular gratitude to Rev. Debra Peevey, Associate for Outreach, MLP, and Rev. Tricia Dykers-Koenig, CN, for providing outreach and serving as resource persons with this presbytery. 

We want to alert all of you working in local presbyteries to pass 08-B to prepared for any of the "No Action" efforts in your presbytery and be ready to address them. 

 

For educational resources and our Resource Packet from the Answering God's Call to Serve! Yes on 08-B Campaign -- go to http://www.mlp.org/answeringgodscall

 

Thanks be to God for this stand for justice and call to the end to discrimination in Tres Rios Presbytery!  Together We are building a Church for all God's people. 

 

with hope and grace,

Michael

 

PS -- Special thanks to Bruce Hahne, recent National MLP Board Member and Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto, CA, a More Light Church for number-crunching and analysis of trends so far for Amendment 08-B -- go to http://yeson08b.blogspot.com/

 

Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D., Executive Director & Field Organizer

More Light Presbyterians, 369 Montezuma Avenue # 447, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 USA (505) 820-7082, michaeladee@aol.com, www.mlp.org

 

Answering God's Call to Serve! 

 

For resources, stories, presbytery vote tally, and news from More Light Presbyterians

YES on 08-B Campaign go to http://www.mlp.org/answeringgodscall

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2/20/09 Note from Bruce Hahne:

With a record-setting 28% pro-equality shift compared to its previous 2001-2002 vote, it appears that Tres Rios has flipped pro-equality. At this point all I can say is that all bets and guesses about the end of the 08-B voting process are off, because simply on the basis of the 2001-2 vote count, you would never have convinced me in advance that the
pro-equality vote would win the day here.

Tres Rios Presbytery serves western Texas. Map is here:
http://www.pcusa.org/links/sun.htm

Tres Rios vote stats:
2001-2 01-A: 17 yes, 54 no --> 24% YES
2009 08-B: 37 yes, 34 no --> 52% YES

This is really a stunner, and in a good way. Whatever you guys are doing in Alabama and now in Texas, keep doing it, and feel free to type up a "top tips for shifting the vote pro-equality" sheet and email it in.

Bruce
hahne at io.com
08-B vote tracking and commentary: http://yeson08b.blogspot.com