My wife believes in equality between the sexes. Men and women who do the same job should earn the same pay. They should have equal opportunities to enter colleges, access to credit, etc. She will also tell you she is not a feminist. As soon as the word "feminist" comes up, she knows that the person has a problem with men. It's a pathological condition.
This week, the Church issued a policy change announcing several changes. Notably, any baptized member can be a witness to a baptism and any endowed member can be witness to a sealing. Before, these duties were reserved to men who held the priesthood.
The change came as the General Authorities of the Church re-evaluated the scriptural and cultural foundations of such policies and found that tradition had more to do with practice than revealed doctrine. Revelation is the primary guide that underscores all our practices and policies. Sometimes, things happen because of tradition, not revelation. For example, it is customary for men and boys who officiate in Church ordinances, like blessing the sacrament, to wear a white shirt and tie. There is no revelation to this effect. The shirt might as well be plaid with an open collar. The doctrine does not specify. The tradition is that we should wear something that our culture sees as befitting a solemn, sacred occasion.
Another example of this would be what one wears at a funeral. In the South, where I grew up, the minister presiding over a funeral will always wear black. A member of my stake presidency was asked to preside over a funeral of a nonmember friend. He didn't own a black suit and, not being from the South, he didn't know the tradition. I don't think he had ever conducted a funeral before. After the service, he discovered that he had offended some of the funeral-goers because he didn't wear black. Never mind that people came to the funeral dressed informally. The guy in charge has to wear black. He messed up. But I digress.
The Church revisited this policy presumably to deflect criticism of Mormon feminists. That is pointless. As Jana Riess wrote, the change "...paves the way for future incremental changes." Feminists will not be satisfied until they hold the priesthood. They will not be satisfied until there are females giving patriarchal blessings. They won't give up their criticisms until there are female bishops, stake presidents, and apostles. Finally, until a woman becomes the President of the Church, they won't give up. No amount of appeasement will please them.
Mormon feminism is apostasy.
I support reasonable efforts to expand inclusion, but knowing what we know about feminism, it is futile to humor them. Women who insist that the Church must ordain females should face Church discipline. They should be disfellowshipped and, if they attack Church doctrine or priesthood leaders, they should be excommuncated. They would destroy the Church and the family, both of which are ordained of God.
If, as Jana Riess says, six out of ten millennials support giving women the priesthood, prepare for another Great Apostasy. It will be just like something out of the Book of Mormon. In that book, we see time and time again, wicked apostates become "dissidents" who go over to the "Lamanites" (those who oppose the Church) and fight against it. This incurs God's wrath. War, famine, diseases, and other tribulations follow. The Church survives. Death takes many.
Mormon liberals and feminists should repent. They don't see the pattern. When they think they are winning, they are surely on the path to destruction.
Now, if only the Church will reconsider requiring men to wear neckties--
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