Playing the (Catholic) woman card

(Graphic courtesy Hofstra University Faculty Computing Support)

by Phyllis Zagano | May. 4, 2016

I am getting more than tired of Donald Trump's comments about women, especially about his rival's so-called "woman card." Aside from calling women bimbos and manipulators, he has said women are after his money and his power.

Rather like the arguments against ordaining women.

A little while back, FutureChurch co-founder Christine Schenk ran a column in these pages about three women who seek diaconal ordination in the Roman Catholic church. With nearly 600 comments and counting, three things are obvious: there are many, many sincere women out there who want to serve the church in an ordained capacity; there are many, many sincere folks out there who do not understand the distinction between priests and deacons; and there is at least one looney-tune out there who thinks racist, anti-female jokes are just hysterical.

Let's start with the looney-tune.

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