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Podcast: Mormon Land
Episode: Status of LDS women two years after their removal from the stand | Episode 419
Description: For a decade, Latter-day Saint female officers in the San Francisco Bay Area had joined male leaders in sitting on the stand, facing members, during Sunday services.
In the wake of the Ordain Women movement of 2013, it was seen as a small, visible step toward equality and inclusion.
Two years ago, an area president, whose jurisdiction included Northern California, abruptly discontinued the practice. In response, members in at least three stakes, or regional clusters of congregations, surrounding San Francisco have expressed their concerns to lay bishops and stake presidents, while also conducting surveys and launching...