Announcement: Next Sunday is sisters in pants day

[_Yoda]

So who of our female posters wore slacks to Church today? Return and report.

I didn't go today because I am recouping from food poisoning. Otherwise, I would have.

[_zeezrom]

It made news at NPR

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/16/167284923 ... =17&f=1001

[_DrW]

It made news at NPR

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/16/167284923 ... =17&f=1001

Heard this NPR segment today. It followed stories of silly goings on among charismatics and evangelicals. Seemed to fit right in. And it was embarrassing.

Mormons seem to have no idea how silly many of their beliefs and concerns appear to the world outside of Utah.

[_moksha]

Panstcopalyse

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55477393-78/church-pants-sunday-women.html.csp

Breeanne Martin, 25 and married, said she was the only woman wearing pants to her West Bountiful ward Sunday — and it was her first time doing so.

Martin will be scheduled to meet with her bishop sometime this week.

[_Yoda]

Wow, Moksha! I actually went to the article to make sure you were joking! LOL

In the article you cited, I found this quote interesting:

"Hopeful," Shumway said of how she felt taking the pants plunge. "I felt exactly as welcomed at church as I do every other Sunday, and for me it was an affirmation that a dialogue can be had."

Shumway wrote about Wear Pants to Church Day on her blog, "Radically Amazed," and said she received a host of "worried and scolding comments" posted on her blog. Some feared the event was being staged as a protest.
"Instead it was just a peaceful manifestation of worship, and I think it opened a visual dialogue and an Internet dialogue that I hope will continue," Shumway said.
Some members of an LDS ward near 700 South and 700 East in Salt Lake City felt strongly that Sunday best for females involves skirts and dresses for those who have them.

"It shows something special about Sunday mornings, about coming to church and about respecting the buildings that have been dedicated to the Lord," said Steve Baxter, a south Salt Lake Valley resident who visits various wards with his wife, Afton Baxter.

"I think it enhances the feeling of reverence," Afton Baxter said of her shift from jeans to skirts on the Sabbath. "It’s a different feeling from going grocery shopping or going to a movie. This needs to be a special part of our life that we can honor."

I am amused that Baxter is creating an obvious straw man. We are not talking about wearing jeans to Church. We are talking about very nice dress slacks. Heck, I have two wool Pendleton pant suits that cost more than most of my dresses combined!

[_just me]

Respect the building? It's a BUILDING! Geez

[_zeezrom]

One woman wore pants in our ward. Several others knew about it but chose not to wear pants for various reasons.

[_MsJack]

My Pantsimony

[_zeezrom]

My Pantsimony

Very cool.

[_zeezrom]

First pants, then the priesthood.

Please consider how things used to be:

Louisa Beaman, E Partridge and Zina Jacobs came laid their hands upon my head blesed me, and so did E R Snow thank the Lord.

Patty Sessions, June 3, 1847- Winter Quarters

ISL pg 414

Sister Washbern sent for Louisa, Sister Twist and my self to come and wash and annoint her daughter Mary Ann.

Zina Jacobs, June 19, 1849

ISL pg 96

Sister Lenard & Buel were here on a visit sister Buel had the toothache bad we laid hands on her.

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The little one had not seen or spoken for two days, its eyeballs were dried over. [Presinda, with Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Vilate, and Laura Kimball] administered, anointing the child with oil, and bathing its eyes with milk and water, and it was restored to life and health miraculously, but the sisters gave God the glory.

Presinda Huntington, May 11, 1847

ISL pg 128

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