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Mormon apostle to women: “Now, don’t talk too much in those meetings”
By Jana Riess — September 11, 2014
The “don't talk too much” injunction is not so much a random aside as a visible pattern. Elder Ballard has twice in one month told Mormon women to rein in their voices.
3 key messages from Elder Ballard on men, women, and Mormon priesthood
By Jana Riess — August 28, 2014
It’s clear from the picture Elder Ballard paints of ward councils that while many words of value might be applied to women there – assistant, helper, supporter, or deputy, for example – “equal” is not among them.
Just HOW do Mormon women hold the priesthood?
By Jana Riess — August 11, 2014
The overall argument that women (and children, and cats, and possibly guppies) can receive all the blessings of the priesthood just by having hands laid on their head and some lovely words spoken is, at best, only partially true. And without intending to, these sincere and well-meant justifications actually undermine the power of the priesthood.
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