First. Why am I talking about this? Don’t I normally talk about mom stuff?
Dear Mom in the throes of raising little ones, here’s the thing:
YOU’VE GOTTA FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT.
Our culture is ramming gender-sameness down our throats.
Male and female are exactly the same. You’re not allowed to say boys and girls have anything different about them. Got it? ALL. EXACTLY. THE. SAME.
Except when they’re not.
Male and female are not the same. If I’m a boy, I don’t have to use the male bathroom. I can use the female bathroom if I feel like it. If I feel like a girl, even if I have boy parts, I’m not a boy, I’m a girl. Got it? NOT. EXACTLY. THE. SAME.
Do you see it?
Our culture is CONFUSED, mama.
And you’ve got to sort it out, so that you know what to do right there in your home.
But how did Jimmy Carter get mixed up with all this?
Well, he wrote an awful piece about leaving his Southern Baptist membership behind, because of sex slavery and genital mutilation. Yeah. He seriously wrote a piece connecting those two things. Except no Southern Baptist I know thinks sex slavery and genital mutilation are good things. None. You know what Southern Baptists DID affirm?
Here’s a quote for those who are interested:
“Women participate equally with men in the priesthood of all believers. Their role is crucial, their wisdom, grace and commitment exemplary. Women are an integral part of our Southern Baptist boards, faculties, mission teams, writer pools, and professional staffs. We affirm and celebrate their Great Commission impact.
While Scripture teaches that a woman’s role is not identical to that of men in every respect, and that pastoral leadership is assigned to men, it also teaches that women are equal in value to men.”