text: Hi Drdave,
  
  It is difficult to explain well, in these restricted comment sections, what has brought us here.  
  I will try to explain what I know:
  
  I was called to priesthood in my teens, left our church crushed & my self esteem in ruins, due to this rejection.  I left our church & returned when God led me back as I decided to marry.  
  
  This sexism, and that is what it is, feels like being told God thinks you are less valuable as a person, and unworthy, dirty even, and this belief is not shaken by our complimentary gender teachings which are not founded in any gospel or supported by science.  
  
  Jesus commands no one should ever treat anyone (women too) differently than they wish to be treated.  Jesus called 12 Israelite males as apostles (no gentiles) to fulfill a blood promise to Abraham & fulfill the law & prophets.  Males represent lineage because they pass down their blood.  Gentiles have the wrong blood so our clergy do not meet this standard either.
  
  Comment back if you seek more.