Gender

Dehlin and Bennett put on Notice

By Mormon Heretic January 18, 2015 56 Comments

Now that the Kate Kelly excommunication is in the rear view mirror, apparently enough time has passed for the Church to move forward on John Dehlin.  The New York Times has reported that a disciplinary council is set for January 25.  The charges against John were posted on his website, Mormon Stories.  John was notified that […]

Ordain Women Round 3: Success or Setback?

By Mormon Heretic October 5, 2014 4 Comments

Last October, Ordain Women announced its intention to attend the males-only General Priesthood session, and repeated the intention this past April.  In response, Church leaders excommunicated Kate Kelly in June of this year, announcing that Temple Square was off limits for this “protest.”  Furthermore, the Church decided to ban media from both the Women’s meeting […]

Female Priesthood would Require Changes in the Temple Ceremony

By Mormon Heretic July 11, 2014 26 Comments

There is an interesting post over at Wheat and Tares by Guy Templeton.  He first asks about whether female temple workers hold priesthood, writing In nearly all blessings and ordinances, priesthood members perform the blessing or ordinance under the “authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.”  I noticed recently at the temple that the ordinances are performed […]

Alternative Feminist Approaches to Ordain Women—Part 2

By Mormon Heretic May 21, 2014 1 Comment

Here is Part 2 of the Mormon Stories podcast from John Dehlin, Margaret Young, Fiona Givens, Maxine Hanks, and Neylan McBaine. This comes from episode 444 posted on 10/16/2013. The transcript to Part 1 is found here. Maxine, “It really is. Fiona and I are on the same wavelength in many ways. We both have […]

Alternative Feminist Approaches to Ordain Women–Part 1

By Mormon Heretic May 18, 2014 4 Comments

At long last, here is a transcription of John Dehlin’s podcast from episode 443 posted on October 16, 2013.  In a recent post, Fiona Givens took exception to my characterization of her comments from her Mormon Stories interview from October.  I promised to transcribe the whole interview (but let me tip my hat to Brent Beal at Doves and […]

Defending Male Hegemony

By Mormon Heretic March 30, 2014 7 Comments

Fiona Givens was part of an interesting interview on Mormon Matters with John Dehlin.  She spoke about a conference talk on priesthood power vs priesthood authority, and said that women already have priesthood power. (These comments appear in the interview about 8:15 in.)

Agitating for Change

By Mormon Heretic March 24, 2014 1 Comment

There has been a lot of chatter on the Bloggernacle this week about whether it is appropriate for Kate Kelly and proponents of female priesthood are employing proper methods in seeking to bring attention to female ordination.  Kate has organized the group Ordain Women. According to their website, “Ordain Women aspires to create a space […]

It’s Not Always Discrimination

By Mormon Heretic July 28, 2013 Leave a comment

There has been much made of the apparent pay discrepancies between men and women.  At the recent Miss America Pageant, Nene Leakes posed the question, A recent report shows that in 40% of American families with children women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men.  What does this say about […]

How Racism, Sexism, and other Stereotypes Hurt Our Performance

By Mormon Heretic July 21, 2013 2 Comments

We all know that racism exists.  Jeff (The Race is On) and I (The Black 14 of Wyoming) wrote about racism last week at Wheat and Tares.  But one commenter in particular said that race is not a problem.  (I don’t know what planet he lives on–apparently he lives in an area with few minorities, […]

Sister Zone Leaders

By Mormon Heretic April 6, 2013 2 Comments

Well, that’s not exactly the right term, but for those who have served LDS missions previously, that’s what the new announcement from the LDS Newsroom amounts to.  The term “Zone Leader” is out, and the new term “Mission Leadership Council” is in, and it will include sister missionaries.  It wasn’t announced in General Conference, but […]