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Some churches have started making women priests.
Why is this seen as political?
Why is this seen as political?
What is the polling like?
Do most people support making women priests?
Because in the history of the Church it's novel and the enactment of policy is a reflection of the cultural zeitgeist. So when people refer to it being political they mean in as much as it is cultural. It's the same thing with identity politics. When people disagree with the pervasiveness of identity politics they don't necessarily disagree with specific legislation, they disagree with the cultural tribalism that enforces it's view of morality on others.Some churches have started making women priests.
Why is this seen as political?
Do most Democrats support making women priests?
I would suspect libertarians would be wary of church hierarchy, in general.
There might be a correlation, since I would expect a correlation between support of women's equality and support for women in the priesthood, and I'd also expect a correlation between support of women's equality and voting Democrat. But I'd be cautious about the prediction, in two directions: 1) Politics is not theology. You could easily support things like school vouchers and lower tax rates (traditional Republican positions) and also support women in the priesthood. 2) Some Democrats aren't Christian, and I suspect that Democrats who are Hindu or atheist don't care about our holy orders at all.
I think it's better to look at people's theological position, rather than their political party. If you think that "love your neighbor as yourself" can be interpreted different ways in different cultures, and that we're free to apply it differently now than it was applied in the time of the Roman Empire, then you're more likely to support women in the priesthood. Alternatively, if you think that it's important to preserve the gender-hierarchy elements of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman cultures because those were the cultures in which the revelation of Scripture was given to us, and you don't want to risk losing any important element of that revelation, then you're more likely to support a male-only priesthood. As we've noted in previous posts, mainline Protestants and some Evangelicals tend to go with the former approach, while Catholics, Orthodox, and some Evangelicals tend to go with the latter approach.