Until last month, Kate Kelly was a Mormon.
I just started learning about Kate Kelly when we were recently in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Kelly is the founder of Ordain Women, a group of Mormon women seeking equality and priesthood.
In June she was excommunicated from the Mormon Church, a church led by men. Only men.
This post is not an anti-Mormon post. It is a post to let our readers know about this atrocity, an atrocity that is common in many religions where only men have real power.
I do not know Kate Kelly, yet she seems to be a woman of devout faith, devoted to her church, to Jesus and to God.
As far as I can tell, the only problem is that she thinks women should be able to be priests in the Mormon church, that they should be equal to the men of the church. Imagine that.
We live in the United States of America. Doesn't that mean that women can freely express their opinions when it comes to religion?
Hardly.
I am not Mormon. I do not know much about the Mormon church. The most I know about the Mormon church I learned during the Prop 8 vote in California, when the Mormon church poured millions of dollars into the campaign that would make gay marriage illegal.
The Mormon church can do whatever they want to their members.
Excommunication seems a bit harsh. Their spokeswoman (women can be spokespeople in the Mormon church) said that there are right ways to disagree with the church and that there are wrong ways.
I haven't read the official verdict from the church, the one that made the excommunication of Mrs. Kelly official.
What is said in it doesn't matter to me. I disagree with what they have done to Kate Kelly.
I think Kate Kelly is incredibly courageous. And faithful.
I imagine that those men in power at the Mormon church are frightened of people like Kate Kelly. Just as they are frightened of so many in their churches getting disgusted with the way the church has treated gays.
If you would like more information on Ordain Women, click here: http://ordainwomen.org/
Thanks for reading.
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