![]() ![]() In fact, only 10% of Mormon women favor female clergy in their church, which in an LDS context means giving women the priesthood. Even 66% of Evangelicals agreed, as compared with 30% of Latter-day Saints. They report that “by 2006 majorities of every religious tradition except Mormons had come to favor women clergy,” including 93% of both Mainline Protestants and Jews, and 75% percent of “Anglo” Catholics (p. Grant Hardy, LDS author and history professor at UNC Ashville, has a guest post up at Jana Reiss’ Flunking Sainthood: Why Do Mormon Men Want Women to Have the Priesthood More Than Women Want it for Themselves? Money quote:Īuthors Robert Putnam and David Campbell asked a wide variety of Americans their opinion about women leading churches. ![]() Rarely do I read something in the bloggernacle that truly surprises me, and I’m curious as to whether this post surprises our readers, too.ĭr. ![]()
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