A letter to the College of Bishops, signed by three deans, eight archdeacons, and 72 members of the House of Laity, states, ‘We are keen that the College of Bishops is unequivocal in its acknowledgement that all, including those who identify as LGBT, are essential to the health and future of our church and mission to the wider world.’ Synod member and LGBT activist Jayne Ozanne said that the church needs to be seen as a church for all, and bishops can't fudge this any longer. The House of Bishops will meet in November, and is likely to discuss feedback from the recent College of Bishops' meeting. After July's Synod, Andrea Williams of Christian Concern and Wilberforce director Dr Joe Boot issued a statement saying that the paucity of the biblical argument to support anything other than that of the Orthodox and presently-held position had been ignored, and replaced by an appeal to secular norms.