This created a furor with more than The post had more than 14,500 comments pouring in immediately to the official LDS instagram account where the statement was made, almost all of them saying what a joke the claim that the Mormon church empowers women is.
I myself have heard Mormon women make this claim with a straight face, knowing full well that ordination to priesthood in the LDS church is restricted to men — so some equality and empowerment this is!
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