Ordination Of Women

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efuses to ordinate women they don’t see this as an insult towards them. The church feels tradition should be kept and by keeping women out they would be doing so. Is this right though? With the amount of shortages for priests these days allowing women in may not be a bad idea and that is one reason the church considers ordaining women. It is a very difficult situation to attack or defend because there is no definite answer for it. Now here are the supporters. Their main and strongest argument is saying that there is a shortage of priests. The statistics do show a drop in clergy over the past few years and by ordaining women the numbers are believed to go up. They believe ordaining women would be a good move in the direction of ecumenical unity. The supporters see this as a plus but what about the church? No one really understands why he or she wouldn’t attempt to try and improve clergy members. Supporters say a woman’s position in the church should keep pace with the evolution of her position in civil society. To a lot of people this seems accurate. Women are equa...