Tuesday, July 22, 2014

A Nightmare

I had a nightmare the other night.  In it I was walking around the mall when a young woman approached me.  She was dressed in a pant suit and asked me to sit with her at a fold out table nearby.  I agreed and sat across from her.  She asked to see my temple recommend.  I showed it to her.  She took it in her hands and asked me to tell her about my feminist activities.  I told her my beliefs, but when it came to female ordination I told her that I had never done anything publicly and that I had not yet decided if female ordination was right, but that I was sad for Kate Kelly and that if the prophet said we would ordain women then I would be supportive and accepting.  The woman then told me that I would not be getting my temple recommend back and that I would no longer be a full member of the Church.

I freaked out.  I cried, I begged, I pleaded.  I told her I had done nothing wrong.  Her response was that the decision was up to local leadership, and that was the way it was.

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