An international human rights lawyer -- who is also a Mormon -- is facing excommunication for advocating the ordination of women. Kate Kelly is founder of Ordained Women and has been on a mission since 2013 to confront gender inequality in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Christian Headlines website reports today (June 13, 2014).
Kelly was recently informed by the bishop of her congregation in Virginia that she is to appear for a disciplinary hearing to discuss her removal from the fold.
"Disciplining arbitrarily and unfairly one person is not going to stop this movement," Kelly said.
Church officials maintain Kelly's group is not representative of a majority of Mormons. "Some members in effect choose to take themselves out of the church by actively teaching and publicly attempting to change doctrine to comply with their personal beliefs," church leaders said in a statement. "This saddens leaders and fellow members."
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