Reading an article in the Prairie Messenger about a group of the world's elders speaking up for women's equality! Wow... This group includes, among others, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and Jimmy Carter. They are all retired leaders and now feel that they can speak out on the discrimination of women by religious groups. Quite fascinating. Jimmy Carter, a Baptist, has even left his church over their stance against women leaders. Much of the article centred on the Catholic and Baptist churches, and had a definite American slant, but still... They were convened by Nelson Mandela and have the goal of building peace in the world. They even have a website:
http://www.theelders.org/
You can even sign up to get regular updates... They are currently looking at Cyprus, the Middle East, Zimbabwe, Sudan and Burma... Amazing to think of what could come out of this, when you get a bunch of high-powered, respected people aligned in one direction. Too bad there aren't any ex-bishops in that group... Archbishop Quinn from San Francisco would be a great advocate...
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