If a female tried to get into the priesthood session of GC...

[Indy Coug]

I can offically stay in my pajamas the entire conference weekend. Wait, I already do that.

[byu71]

Win-Win



http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...irst-time.html

Crap. I can't sit for an hour and a half because of my knee's. I had an excuse to not go and instead participate in some Sat. nite activity. Now I have no excuse.

At least I will be able to participate in the Priesthood session threads.

[Uncle Ted]

Win-Win



http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...irst-time.html

I wonder if they will bring in extra internet bandwidth to B^H Wendover for conference weekend.

[DrumNFeather]

Win-Win



http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...irst-time.html

Welcome to an extra two hours of conference, ladies. I bet they'll be flocking to their TVs.

[statman]

Isn't there some sort of publication where they print the talks as well?

They're all available online on LDS.org. Video, audio, print. All available within a day or two of conference...

[TripletDaddy]

This must be a bummer for those BYU coeds that strategically time their jog so that they can pass by the chapel when priesthood has just ended.

[Moliere]

Win-Win



http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...irst-time.html

Awesome!! I love how the church is proactively avoiding a showdown with the women and the real people that benefit are the men. Thank you feminists and your pants wearing protests!!

I'll probably still go to the church and watch the session so I don't feel as guilty hitting the movie theater right after.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

This must be a bummer for those BYU coeds that strategically time their jog so that they can pass by the chapel when priesthood has just ended.

Now they can just leave before the song and prayer and run by King Henry.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

They're all available online on LDS.org. Video, audio, print. All available within a day or two of conference...

Sorry. Major smart ass post.


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[TripletDaddy]

Now they can just leave before the song and prayer and run by King Henry.

there was a chapel on the corner of 7N and around 6E that was always packed for the 'hood. It also had a pretty sizeable lawn that abutted 7N, a very busy thoroughfare. Every year without fail, there would be girls jogging by, stretching on the grass, etc after P-hood ended. Might have been the best reason for going to the meeting, frankly.

[RC Vikings]

Win-Win



http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...irst-time.html

The real beauty of this announcement will come in April when I can jump back and forth between basketball and Bednar.

[Moliere]

The real beauty of this announcement will come in April when I can jump back and forth between basketball and Bednar.

This! It sucks they schedule conference over Final Four weekend. I bet Elder Cook pushed for this change.

[BigFatMeanie]

A few years ago a female reporter who had a religion beat (UPS? API?) tried to attend so that she could report and was turned away. So there you go.

Interesting. I've attended every PH session in the Conference Center for the last 5 years and there are plenty of women there. They're all ushers and hostess type church employees/missionaries. They also have 2 or 3 chicks in church security there as well as TV reporters (Carole Mikita is always there). I find it odd that they wouldn't let a female reporter in.

My wife used to cover the priesthood session when she was a reporter for a Salt Lake TV station. I went with her. We had great seats in the Tabernacle. In our stake some women show up to the broadcast in the stake center. I haven't noticed any reaction. Most people in attendance seem to be half asleep anyway. I went to the women's broadcast once to serve food at the pre-broadcast dinner.

Hmmm, LA's personal anecdote supports my own. I'm wondering if there was more to the story than just not letting a female in? Maybe she didn't pre-arrange and just showed up unannounced and flashed some media creds at the old goobers who are manning the doors? Maybe they thought she had some kind of axe to grind based on her past work? Maybe the church just hates women reports from AP or UPI or whatever? Who knows? All I know is that women aren't invisible at PH session in the CC in my experience.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting. I've attended every PH session in the Conference Center for the last 5 years and there are plenty of women there. They're all ushers and hostess type church employees/missionaries. They also have 2 or 3 chicks in church security there as well as TV reporters (Carole Mikita is always there). I find it odd that they wouldn't let a female reporter in.

Hmmm, LA's personal anecdote supports my own. I'm wondering if there was more to the story than just not letting a female in? Maybe she didn't pre-arrange and just showed up unannounced and flashed some media creds at the old goobers who are manning the doors? Maybe they thought she had some kind of axe to grind based on her past work? Maybe the church just hates women reports from AP or UPI or whatever? Who knows? All I know is that women aren't invisible at PH session in the CC in my experience.

Time to check your anecdotes. Fresh off the wire:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56...ckets.html.csp

The meeting has been off-limits to women, even wives of LDS presidents and apostles. Traditionally, it has been the only one of the five sessions broadcast only to Mormon chapels and not publicly available.

EDIT: You have to love PR spin. Check this out:

When asked whether Ordain Women’s plan had prompted the decision to telecast the session, church spokeswoman Ruth Todd said in a statement that "broadcasting the priesthood session ... is simply another step in reaching a worldwide audience in a way that makes sense in a global church."

Sure, Ruth.

[Uncle Ted]

Brother Jake says we are not sexist...

So it's cool.