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Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua
Jilly: Have you ever spoken to women in these more conservative religious denominations and ask if they feel they are discriminated against?
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Tam, it's not a question of whether the female followers of a bigoted religion feel discriminated against, although I'm sure that many Catholic women hold out hope that the church will reform its positions and policies. The true problem is that organized religions, especially those as large and influential as Catholicism, exercise an uncomfortable degree of control over secular society.
Why do you suppose the majority of people are opposed to the notion of homosexual marriage? Because their religion condemns it. For an even more pertinent example, consider a man raised in a Catholic household, who later becomes the head of a large company's human resources department. Whether this individual realizes it or not, he's been brought up according to a doctrine that stipulates women to be simply incapable of performing most jobs-- including that job of paramount importance, religious leadership-- as well as men are. More likely than not, that upbringing will color his perceptions.