[Magdalen] President Carter calls out religious leaders for genderbigotry

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Prez Carter's been in the news of late because of his just published book, 
as he turned 90. This quote was also in an article I read on the book coming 
out.
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:31 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] President Carter calls out religious leaders for 
genderbigotry

> Note that the link is six years old.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 11:15 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: [Magdalen] President Carter calls out religious leaders for 
> genderbigotry
>
> I was quite interested to see a report of Jimmy Carter deciding to leave
> the Southern Baptist Convention.
> http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html?stb=fb
>
> His major contribution:
> "I HAVE been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible
> teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to 
> me,
> as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the
> world. So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist
> Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however,
> an unavoidable decision when the convention's leaders, quoting a few
> carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second 
> to
> Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be
> "subservient" to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons,
> pastors or chaplains in the military service.
> ...
> "The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an
> option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. 
> They
> have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their
> continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the
> pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world. This is in
> clear violation not just of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but
> also the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, Moses and the
> prophets, Muhammad, and founders of other great religions - all of whom
> have called for proper and equitable treatment of all the children of God.
> It is time we had the courage to challenge these views."
> __________________________________________
>
> The President may as well have made the exact same observation about the
> supposed views of some regarding homosexual people.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy