[Vision2020] Women in Authority and Leadership!

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Doug,

So you're saying that women sometimes do the same sort of odd or criminal 
acts men do?

Sunil


>From: heirdoug at netscape.net
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Women in Authority and Leadership!
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:20:25 -0400
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>Here are a couple of stories about women in control to add to the
>current discussion.
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>From today's Spokesman Review.
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>      A former assistant varsity softball coach at Centennial High School
>accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old
>female student in a public park in April pleaded guilty to a lesser
>charge today.
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>      Lauren Palmer was initially charged with with felony sexual battery
>of a minor. However, after prosecutors filed an amended complaint of
>felony injury to child, Palmer pleaded guilty to the lesser charge this
>afternoon in front of 4th District Judge Deborah Bail.
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>     Palmer will be sentenced Aug. 27.
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>      As part of the plea agreement , the defense plans to ask for a
>withheld judgment, meaning if Palmer successfully fulfills all the
>conditions of her probation or parole, her guilty plea will be removed
>from her record.
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>      Prosecutors have agreed not to pursue prison time and are not going
>to oppose the withheld judgment.
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>      The maximum possible penalty for felony injury to child is 10 years
>in prison.
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>From the Seattle Times:
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>      The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, a local Episcopal priest who announced
>she is both Muslim and Christian, will not be able to serve as a priest
>for a year, according to her bishop.
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>      AnnHolmesReddingDuring that year, Redding is expected to “reflect
>on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and
>what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity
>and Islam,” the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, bishop of the Diocese of Rhode
>Island, wrote in an e-mail to Episcopal Church leaders.
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>      Redding was ordained more than 20 years ago by the then-bishop of
>Rhode Island, and it is that diocese that has disciplinary authority
>over her.
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>      During the next year, Redding “is not to exercise any of the
>responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon,” Wolf
>wrote in her e-mail. Wolf could not be reached for immediate comment.
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>      Timethers were critical, saying it wasn’t possible to be both
>Christian and Muslim. And some took issue with her being a leader
>within the Episcopal Church while also professing another faith.
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>      Some also saw Redding’s announcement as another sign that the
>Episcopal Church was veering too far away from Scripture, doctrine and
>tradition. The Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the
>worldwide Anglican Communion, is already embroiled in deep conflict
>with the Communion over scriptural interpretation on issues such as
>homosexuality and the ordination of women.
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>      Redding says she understands that “the last thing the church needs
>to deal with at this time is this type of doctrinal dispute. I wish it
>could’ve been at a more convenient time. But as far as I know, I am
>responding to God’s will and God’s timing.”
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>      For her part, Redding said she didn’t feel a need to reconcile all
>the differences between the two faiths but felt that at the most basic
>level, they are compatible.
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>      She believes she has not violated any of her baptismal or
>ordination vows.
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