Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.
I have been a practicing 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…
While I respect Jimmy’s decision, I think decrying the Baptist’s position doesn’t plum the depth of this issue. The question is "why?" Why would the Baptists go out of their way to make this pronouncement. The Southern Baptists split off in 1845 over the question of Slavery. Now, they’re going out of their way to discriminate against women. What is the point, and how do these positions relate to religion? Very curious…
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