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jewel March 24th, 2010

Yet another reason to shun religion.  Apparently, the principal at a Lutheran church’s elementary school didn’t think that women were an inferior species, or so it is alleged,  so they voted to fire him.  And of course women weren’t allowed to speak or vote at the hearing, because that would be tragic!  What the hell?!?

I don’t know whether to be horrified that 76 men voted to fire Hartwig or hopeful that 74 voted to not fire him.

But hey – of course they didn’t leave women out entirely:

Women who wanted to ask questions were told to write them on a piece of paper and have a man read them aloud. But some, including Hartwig’s own daughter, said their questions were never read.

Not that it did any good.

“I actually passed three or four questions to a church council member and none of them were read,” said Emily Rae Hartwig. “I guess the way I felt about it, and the way many others felt, was that they were afraid of us (women). A lot of my dad’s supporters are women.”

What I don’t get is why there are even women that are members of that church.  How low does your self esteem have to be to think it’s ok to be thought of as inferior and having no rights?  Seriously.

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