2007-12-20 17:57:39 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Why are you concerned about a the rulings of a church board that is no longer in power about a subject that it no longer supports.
Are you just anti Mormon, anti Romney or are you just a garden variety bigot.
I am a non believer FYI
2007-12-20 19:44:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The bible places men and women into different categories. Men are (supposedly) superior to women and the women were kept separate from men in the churches. This biblical law still persists in the Jewish religion whereby men sit downstairs and women in the balcony. Modern day Jews do not abide by this law and seat women with men. The LDS church followed the Jewish bible in many ways and it takes years to reform what was written over three thousand years ago. The Quakers also kept men and women apart in church.
2007-12-21 02:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why were women in Utah given the right to vote in 1870, second to Wyoming? Because women may be treated equally without an amendment which could have had unintended consequences.
2007-12-21 02:37:57 · answer #3 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In October 1976, the LDS Church's First Presidency - consisting of the church's three highest-ranking members - issued a formal statement opposing the ERA: the amendment, the First Presidency warned, might "stifle many God-given feminine instincts" and lead to an uptick in homosexual activity."
2007-12-21 02:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they didn't want women having 5 husbands.
They view women as lesser people.
2007-12-21 02:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋