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The results of this survey are being hailed by advocates\u00a0of women\u2019s ordination and lamented by opponents.<\/p>\n
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I can\u2019t see what the big deal is.<\/p>\n
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I\u00a0too<\/em>\u00a0would support the ordination of women if the Lord commanded it through his prophets. \u00a0I can think of no reason whatever why women shouldn\u2019t<\/em> be ordained, except for the fact that, as I and other orthodox Latter-day Saints view the matter, God hasn\u2019t authorized such an action.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that objection is a very weighty one for benighted folk of my ilk.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s my question:<\/p>\n
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What kind of mainstream, believing Mormon wouldn\u2019t<\/em> support the ordination of women if God commanded it through his chosen servants?<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I see no reason for a committed, faithful, orthodox Latter-day Saint to deplore the findings of the survey \u2014 unless, of course, as seems likely, they\u2019re deployed as a weapon in an attempt to coerce the Church into ordaining<\/em> women.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And, while I\u2019m at it, I see absolutely nothing in the survey results to justify the deduction, offered in the linked article by a spokeswoman for Ordain Women, that Mormons are afraid to ask the question of whether women should receive the priesthood.<\/p>\n
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Where on earth did she come up with that?<\/p>\n
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If a survey shows that 78% percent of the citizens of France like quiche, that scarcely demonstrates that Charles DeGaulle was allergic to puppies.<\/p>\n
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