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Women and the Priesthood in Mormonism

Hi FreePeoples, I noticed you mentioned wanting a place to discuss women and the priesthood in Mormonism. I think Mormonism_and_women#Laying_on_of_hands_and_Priesthood or Mormon feminism would be good places for it (I've been working on the Mormonism and Women page for a while, but it's still a work in progress). Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:45, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

I guess that depends on what happens with the Black people and the priesthood discussion. I was just planning on a brief mention. Nothing in depth. FreePeoples (talk) 16:53, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

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Please find non-primary sources for writing about doctrine

Thanks. Doug Weller talk 15:01, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please follow Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints

And only use The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when the sources are specific about that denomination, never use it as a general label for the entire church. Thanks. Looks like there's some clearing up to do. Doug Weller talk 14:40, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll start working on it. FreePeoples (talk) 00:05, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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