I've never seen the phrase "that I know of" carry so much water:
'“There is no other religious organization in the world,” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor [LDS] Relief Society General Presidency, said, “that I know of, that has so broadly given power and authority to women.”'
And oh wow, they're just giving up temple secrets–I mean sacreds–to the news media now huh?
Anyway, apparently LDS women are supposed to be happy with the cookie they get but aren't allowed to eat, i.e. actually make real leadership decisions, without oversight from men, that affect anyone other than women and children.
(Yes, I got the "priesthood" in the temple but wasn't even allowed to talk about it, that's how much power it gave me.)
Keep trying, guys. Keep on trying right up until you give women real equal rights in that church.
'Dennis cited... President... Nelson, in which the current leader explained, “As a righteous, endowed Latter-day Saint woman, you speak and teach with power and authority from God.”
'If some women have not always appreciated this fact, it is because, Dennis said, “the adversary [SATAN!] wants to focus our attention on what we haven’t been given and blind us to all that we have been given.”'
Ah yes, DARVO. It's always the members' fault for misunderstanding. Even though I was told specifically and expressly and repeatedly that men were in charge and that I couldn't even talk about the honorary priesthood cookie I got in the temple.
I got an ordination by filling out a form online that I've used more often to invoke religious authority than I was ever allowed to use my honorary LDS priesthood.
You can get one, too, and you can make holy water or even officiate marriages:
Great to see that the #OrdainWomen movement still has momentum, by the way. I'm to the chapter in my client's book wherein she is active early on in that movement early '10s, and I had worried it might have fizzled. But nope! Still making headlines. Still making the LDS church react.
Heavenly Father: So the women will have receptivity to the Spirit and an enhanced moral compass. They'll be the nurturing and compassionate ones.
Jesus: Cool, cool.
Heavenly Father: Men on the other hand will struggle to tell right from wrong and will have to work hard to receive spiritual revelation. That way we can really test their faith.
Jesus: Yep, yep.
Heavenly Father: And that's not even the best part...