this is a couple of days old

i just didn't get around to publishing it. shocking in this day and age. well shocking to ME, i guess not to the baptists (otherwise, they'd run this asswipe preacher OUT of the church IMMEDIATELY)

Church Fires Teacher for Being Female

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (Aug. 21) - The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job - outside of the church.

The First Baptist Church dismissed Mary Lambert on Aug. 9 with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.
The letter quoted the first epistle to Timothy: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." The Rev. Timothy LaBouf, who also serves on the Watertown City Council, issued a statement saying his stance against women teaching men in Sunday school would not affect his decisions as a city leader in Watertown, where all five members of the council are men but the city manager who runs the city's day-to-day operations is a woman............

this is a personal invitation to the 'reverend' timothy lasswipe. i'd like you to come to dinner with me, my sisters and ALL of their grrrl children. really. i think we have a few things we'd like to discuss with you. hell, we won't TEACH you or try to exert authority OVER you. we'll just CHAT with you. not to worry, i'm the shortest amazon in my family at 5'8". my niece (baby gina, who by the way isn't a baby any longer, she was just the first grandchild born to my parental units) is just a shade over 6' and her baby sister is just a shade over 6'1". so we're nice and demure. again, not to worry. we just want to TALK that's all, TALK