When I was a teenager, Bishop Vaughn must have considered me to be a brewing Mormon feminist. In Bishop Youth Councils, I purposely spiced the calendaring discussions with protests over any discrepancies in budgets and adventure-meters between the young men and young women.
I endorsed the new Personal Progress program not only because it gave purpose to our midweek activities and incentives for personal growth, but because it also paralleled the Scouting program and provided a semblance of equality.
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