--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As we have seen on this forum, no good reason has been given by those who oppose women priesthood. As a Goan priest mentioned to me last evening, there is no theological reason which excludes women priesthood, but it is a part of Church practice. > Mario replies: I don't oppose women priests, but I also think it's more than simply "practice" and inertia. I will find out the official rationale shortly, if there is one. However, I don't expect any explanation to satisfy you, so don't hold your breath, especially since there is unlikely to be any change in our lifetime.
George says: > The lack of opportunity to become a woman priest and the denial to women solely based on their gender is tantamount to treating them as second-class. Much like the Taliban. Mario replies: Now here's a REAL bogus comparison, George, and what is worse, a learned and highly educated person like you, ought to know better. Girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban were forbidden to attend schools, and women would be beaten in public if the Morality Police as much as caught a glimpse of their ankles under their burqas, and executed in the soccer stadium in Kabul for anything considered really serious, like being caught kibitzing with a male stranger. The last time I checked, all that women in the Catholic Church were being excluded from was the priesthood. Get real, man. Advocating for women is one thing. Such overblown rhetoric is something else altogether. > >
