We have put together various links from T19 and TA for ease of reference for those trying to catch up on the events surrounding the Convention:
1) Official Text of Resolution B033 (which passed in both House of Bishops and House of Deputies). You can read the vote tally here, and the full live blog entry regarding this resolution’s debate and voting here.
2) Statement of Conscience from Bishop Chane and others who say the Resolution is non-binding and they dissent from it.
3) Anglican Communion Network’s response: General Convention Actions Inadequate: “The responses which the Convention has given to the clear and simple requests of the Lambeth Commission, the clear and simple requests indeed of the Anglican Communion, are clearly and simply inadequate.” - signed by 13 bishops
4) Archbishop Rowan Williams response: “It is not yet clear how far the resolutions passed this week and today represent the adoption by the Episcopal Church of all the proposals set out in the Windsor Report. The wider Communion will therefore need to reflect carefully on the significance of what has been decided before we respond more fully.”
5) Earlier, A161, which includes A162, has been voted down by both orders in the House of Deputies.
Various commentaries and news reports:
Initial Observations on General Convention - Anglican Communion Institute – June 21, 2006: “It was discouraging to watch as one of the most important decisions the Episcopal Church has had to face was telescoped into a final 24 hours of frantic parliamentary conflict and maneuvering. No one can claim that the issues were not well examined, diversely engaged, and publicly articulated over the course of the past 3 years. This therefore raises a series of questions...”
Our Mother Jesus . . . a sermon by US church’s new head Times (UK) - “The Episcopal Church in America descended into chaos last night after leading bishops on both the liberal and conservative wings dissassociated themselves from a last-gasp effort to avert a schism with the worldwide Anglican Communion.”
Bishop Stanton’s June 21 Report: the ECUSA Rollercoaster:“A roller coaster is an apt description of this Convention. There are those tedious “clackety-clack” moments when the train is being dragged up hill.”
Episcopal delegates vote to avoid ordaining more gay bishops – UK Telegraph:
“Wednesday’s decision came 24 hours after delegates at the church’s general convention in Columbus, Ohio, rejected Anglican leaders’ requests for a temporary ban on the ordination of openly gay bishops, heightening the risk of a split in the global Anglican church.”
US Episcopal church offers compromise to avoid Anglican expulsion – UK Guardian:
“The leadership of the US Episcopal church resorted to arm-twisting tactics last night in an attempt to save its membership of the international Anglican communion by offering Archbishop Rowan Williams and the rest of the church an emollient statement promising not to consecrate any more gay bishops.”
US Church eases gay bishop stancee - BBC News:"The new resolution is a watered-down version of a proposal, rejected on Tuesday, to stop electing gay bishop."
Tony Clark: The Sinking of Windsor:“Where do we go from here? In my opinion, PECUSA has gone as far as it will go in embracing the requests from TWR. By ignoring the requests for moratoria, PECUSA has torpedoed TWR and it will continue to sink off the radar.”