Kate Kelly strode optimistically up the steps of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on a brisk October evening last year, hoping to attend the semiannual priesthood meeting for male members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A smiling man in a dark suit stepped in front of her. “Can I help you?” he asked.
“I understand that all men, even men who are not members of the church and have no investment in Mormonism, are permitted to attend,” Kelly said to the usher. “I am a returned missionary and a faithful Mormon woman and I would like to listen to the prophet in person.”
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