Women

Thoughts about OW Alternatives

By Mormon Heretic June 1, 2014 Leave a comment

Now that I’ve finished my transcript of Part 1 and Part 2 of Alternative Approaches to Ordain Women on Mormon Stories, I thought I’d give a recap of my reactions to them. Thanks OW! I was struck that all 4 panelists (Fiona, Margaret, Neylan, Maxine) all appreciated Ordain Women for raising consciousness of the issue.  Maxine […]

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 […]

Kirtland Sunstone 2014

By Mormon Heretic May 11, 2014 8 Comments

This is the first time I’ve ever attended Sunstone outside of Utah.  It was very fun to come to Kirtland, Ohio.  I got in Thursday night and went to the LDS visitors center where they start out with a film.  Joseph Smith came to Kirtland just 8 months or so after organizing the church in […]

Does Public Opinion Cause Revelation?

By Mormon Heretic May 5, 2014 3 Comments

Russell Stevenson proclaimed on a Radio West interview last year that the priesthood and temple ban on black church members lasted so long because church members were as much to blame as church leaders.  I was one of the first to dismiss his idea.  As I’ve had time to think about it, I’m beginning to […]

Oaks Lights up the Bloggernacle

By Mormon Heretic April 7, 2014 6 Comments

Facebook was ablaze with comments about Elder Oaks General Conference talk on Saturday night.  Disappointed that the church website didn’t have a transcript, I created one so that we could better discuss what he actually said.  I decided to let that post stand on its own without any commentary.  But in this post, I will […]

Elder Dallin H. Oaks: ‘Keys and authority of the priesthood’

By Mormon Heretic April 6, 2014 5 Comments

Elder Oaks’ talk has seen the most reaction from the bloggernacle. Since the church takes a while to transcribe these, I have decided to transcribe his talk from yesterday. You can also see it on the official church website by clicking below. What are your thoughts? https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2014/04?lang=eng&vid=3436246697001&cid=3

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.)

Women Addicted to Porn too

By Mormon Heretic October 27, 2013 1 Comment

Over the weekend, Christianity Today (CT) put out an article stating that women “make up an estimated one in three visitors to adult entertainment websites.”  This means that a 2007 study by “Nielsen/NetRatings found that approximately 13 million American women click on pornographic sites each month.” It’s not just a man’s problem anymore.  CT interviewed 3 women […]

Good Cop-Bad Cop on Women’s Ordination

By Mormon Heretic September 29, 2013 1 Comment

General Conference is just around the corner.  Kate Kelly, founder of the Ordain Women website is promoting the idea that women should be ordained to the priesthood, and has organized a campaign to try to get admitted to the males-only General Priesthood Session this coming Saturday night in Salt Lake City.  While some women wouldn’t […]