Folks, take a look at the lead article in the new issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. (It’s behind a paywall but is well worth the two bucks, I promise.) Titled “The Perfect Union of Man and Woman,” it makes three main historical and theological arguments:
1) Joseph intended the Relief Society to give women a role that was collaborative with male priesthood.
2) Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother co-preside.
3) Ancient traditions (and some early Mormon traditions) associated Heavenly Mother with the Holy Spirit.
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