The House of Deputies has finally gotten down to business. Yesterday, after a long discussion filled with parliamentary maneuvers by those opposed to the resolution, the House of Deputies did vote to approve D025.  The resolution was carefully crafted to begin with several statements of support for the Anglican  Communion and then moved to affirm what is already in our canons and in resolutions passed by General Convention in 2000.

Today, we fell farther behind in dealing with the resolutions already sent to the floor from committees.  Every time we would start to move through matters, we would stop for a "time certain" event or have technical difficulties.  Apparently every printer/copier in the convention center print shop jammed at one time meaning that the handouts for deputies (with all of the "perfected" resolutions cleared by committee, agendas, etc.) were late getting to the floor of the House of Deputies.  Twice we stopped for special presentations, the first by the retiring

This morning the House of Deputies suspended its ordinary business to go into the Committee of the Whole to listen to a number of speakers make 2 minute statements on the impact of the 2006 General Convention measure B033 which asked bishops, conventions, and search committees to exercise restraint and not elect a bishop whose manner of life might result in objections in the rest of the Anglican Communion.  Despite the "random" drawing, a number of the most vocal proponents and opponents of the measure spoke.