130 LDS WOMEN PROTESTED TO BE ORDAINED INTO THE PRIESTHOOD::: 130 Lds women went to the LDS Temple square to attend the priesthood section of the just concluded 183rd general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saint held 5th-6th October 2013, this women were in the company of dozens of men, they were denied admission into the conference center, they were latter addressed by a member of the General relief society presidency, the protest was tagged ' Ordain Women'. Some of this ladies came from as far as continental Euorpe to protest and represent the interest of 10% of the general LDS women who wants to have the Aaronic and Melchezedeck priesthoods conferred upon them. Two of the leaders of this women protester are Katie Kelly and Nadine Hansen. Katie Kelly is a renown human right attorney who base in Washington D.C , how ever according to a recent survey 90% of the LDS women in general do not want to receive the priesthood ordination, while 52% of the Mormon ( LDS) men want the LDS women to be given the priesthood very sad......... Neylan McBaine, in an essay titled "A Moderate Mormon Manifesto" posted this week on that blog, said she is eager for more gender parity in LDS Church practices, but does not see ordination as the end goal. McBaine, founder of The Mormon Women Project, which showcases strong LDS women, wrote that she can imagine a future in which "the general Relief Society president is administratively and ministerially responsible for half of the world’s population in a joint venture of administering the church with the prophet." Mormons heard a more traditional talk about womanhood from apostle D. Todd Christofferson at General Conference earlier Saturday. He chastised feminists who might minimize the importance of homemaking. "Whatever else a woman may accomplish," Christofferson said, "her moral influence is no more optimally employed than [in the home]." Alexandra Sandvik, 24, a law student at church-owned Brigham Young University, said she believes it’s a matter of time before women are given the priesthood. "We expanded the priesthood to African- Americans and now every male can have it," said Sandvik, whose husband, Jason, joined her. "Even if it doesn’t [extend to women], I’ll die a faithful Latter-day Saint." Among those leading the group to Temple Square was Nadine Hansen, who wrote a 1982 article in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought about women and the LDS priesthood. "I’ve been wanting to have this conversation for a long time," said Hansen, a lifelong Mormon. Ordain Women has asked LDS leaders to pray for God’s approval to open the priesthood. But Debra Jensen, one of the organizers, said it’s doubtful those advocating for women’s ordination will stop if the answer is "no." She likened the moment to 1978, when then-church President Spencer W. Kimball reported a revelation opening the Mormon priesthood to black males. "Pre-1978, the answer was no, no, no," Jensen said. "And then the answer was yes." ....... God come to our aid and rescue, too much of liberty and been at ease in Zion is spreading the spirit of coldness even amongs the elects in the Zion community
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 03:40:16 +0000
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