Bible Manipulated Once Again by the Self-Serving

The Taliban must be smiling over Asheville Christian Academy’s recent decision (ll/17/09) to exclude women from serving on its board. The Taliban might even be rethinking its strategy. Rather than seek to destroy our way of life, they may choose to nurture this spore of their ideology which is thriving in western North Carolina. This is not a stretch. The Board has manipulated a sacred text to claim dominance over women just as the clerics have done with the Koran. There are two versions of the Creation story in the Bible. Men and women were created equally at the same instant in one version but it is apparent the one studied by these insecure men is the “rib version.” They argue that women’s temperaments are not suited to making tough decisions. Tell that to Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor as well as Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. Those bylaws weren't written in 1972 but rather 972.

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