Read Jimmy Carter's recent article "Losing my religion for equality"

I have been "behind" for weeks (being ill does that). So I missed former US president Jimmy Carter's remarkable article last month on why he left the Southern Baptist Church nine years ago --> discrimination against women.

I think it was a July 12, 2009 opinion piece for London's Observer. You can read it at The Age (www.theage.com.au) where it is titled "Losing my religion for equality" and subtitled, "Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God." I recommend you read the full article HERE. It begins:

I have been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world. So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be "subservient" to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service.