{"id":1837,"date":"2013-10-09T10:44:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2013-10-09T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T16:44:49","slug":"and-i-would-like-to-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/2013\/10\/and-i-would-like-to-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c\u2026 and I Would Like to Listen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/a>On Saturday, October 5, 2013, two church bodies faced significant moments in the history of their inclusion of women.\u00a0 Rev. Elizabeth Eaton was installed as the first woman presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<\/a>,<\/em> something I\u2019ve already written about<\/a>.\u00a0 And on this same past Saturday in Salt Lake City, Mormon women held a day of action to request admission to the priesthood session of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The request<\/a> was simple:<\/p>\n

Kate Kelly approached first.\u00a0 \u201cI understand that all men, even men who are not members of the church and have no investment in Mormonism, are permitted to attend,\u201d she said. \u201cI am a returned missionary and a faithful Mormon woman, and I would like to listen to the prophet in person.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 Kelly was not permitted to enter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Neither were two hundred other women who stepped up to the door, greeted by an LDS church<\/a> representative who said no to each of them.<\/p>\n

A short video of men streaming in and women lining up to be denied can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A gallery of more amazing photographs of brave women of the faith can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joanna Brooks writes<\/a> more about the event, including Kelly\u2019s reaction:<\/p>\n

The experience of being turned away from the Tabernacle, said Kate Kelly, \u201creally encapsulated how we feel being excluded every single day.\u00a0 It embodied our daily, weekly, yearly struggle of not being equal in the church and being turned away from full experience and engagement in the gospel we love<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can head over to Approaching Justice<\/a> <\/em>here at Patheos<\/em>, where Chris Henrichsen suggests that this day of action was, for Mormons<\/a>, \u201cNot Selma, But Significant<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inclusion of women in patriarchal Christianity continues to present struggles, and even for denomiations like the ELCA that not only ordain women but also are now led by a woman, the struggle isn\u2019t over. \u00a0Norma Cook Everist writes a very\u00a0good piece<\/a> here on how Lutherans got to this moment \u2026 spoiler alert: \u00a0it took time. \u00a0And persistence.<\/p>\n

For more information about the group that organized this day of action, head to the Ordain Women<\/a>, website.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more of my posts on Mormon feminism, click here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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