Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: carlson@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Ann Carlson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sexism in the church?? (was: Re: Gay Ordination) Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 08:47:07 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article JMS111@psuvm.psu.edu (Jenni Sheehey) writes: > >Anyway, the point of this is: Do other Christian women feel that >they are being treated in a less loving way because of their gender? >Is this happening within Christian circles, out of Christian circles, >or both? (You will notice that I said "In a a less loving way", not >"differently". That was not an accident, because it's possible to >treat someone differently, but treat them as well, IMHO) > >Comments? Opinions? > --Jenni Yes, some Christian women feel that they are treated less than lovingly because of their gender. This has been particularly true of late in my own denomination (Southern Baptist). The subject of women's ordination has come up in our national convention for several years running and there is great disagreement. I don't think disagreement is a problem or necessarily bad, but the way some of the women delagates have been treated is. They have been hooted down when they stood up to speak, have had their microphones turned off, been subject to derogatory comments, and treated generally as if their opinions are not worth being heard. The antics have sometimes gotten so bad that the stories have gotten into the newspapers. What a sad witness from a group claiming a desire to demonstrate God's love to the world! Ann B. Carlson