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To: the OlLine Rebel
But the sort of women who want to be priests (or 'priestesses') are uniformly liberal.

Back when I was an Episcopalian, I was a member of a parish that was the 'training parish' for the entire diocese. All newly ordained priests/esses served a term in our parish for OJT. So over a period of about 28 years I saw every single priest ordained in the Diocese of Atlanta.

ALL the women were liberal, and 99% of them went to seminary for one political reason or another - to prove a point, to support feminism, or because they were lesbians (that one at least got fired, but probably wouldn't get fired today). With one exception, they were unable to administer a parish or to make a 'command decision'. That one was still incredibly liberal though. She eventually left the parish she got and wound up running a homeless ministry on the south side.

14 posted on 07/15/2014 3:31:40 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

No doubt. That is partly my point. Indeed, only liberal type churches are likely to admit women. And the women who do go are much more likely to be liberal.

I only knew 1 woman clergy. She was in the first Lutheran church we went to. Actually she was very good. But the rest of the church went downhill so we left.

We are between churches now. There is one we just atarted attending to replace the last. While I liked much about our previous church, the pastor was so informal and turning everything into a rock show, with himself as lead rocker. But in any case, our current synod does not allow women clergy, so that will not be happening. But it seems even the most conservative denominations start getting “creep” from pop culture.


15 posted on 07/15/2014 4:36:55 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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