The bishops then spoke in \u201cyes\/no\u201d\u009d order. Bishop Michael Vono of the Rio Grande rose in support of the resolution, urging the House to vote in favor of the resolution as it was the \u201cJesus thing\u201d\u009d to do \u201cfor our time.\u201d\u009d Bishop John Bauerschmidt of Tennessee asked for a roll call vote on the resolution. He stated he would vote \u201cno\u201d\u009d as he believed that same-sex blessings were incompatible with the plain meaning of Scripture.<\/p>\n
Bishop William Persell, the retired Bishop of Chicago, voiced his support for the resolution but asked Bishop Ely why the resolution had been amended, changing the words \u201cgender\u201d\u009d for \u201csex\u201d\u009d and \u201ctrial\u201d\u009d for \u201cprovisional\u201d\u009d rites?<\/p>\n
Bishop Joe Burnett, assistant Bishop of Maryland \u201d\u201c a member of the committee \u201d\u201c said that the change had been made to avoid triggering procedural issues. \u201cTrial use\u201d\u009d was a canonical term that could lead to \u201cPrayer Book revision,\u201d\u009d he said. The neutral term \u201cprovisional\u201d\u009d was used to indicate the provisional period for study and use of the rite was for the coming three years.<\/p>\n