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2. Well, exactly. It's not like a PR campaign is going to get people into church if
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:27 AM
Jun 2016

Last edited Wed Jun 15, 2016, 12:23 PM - Edit history (1)

those people know their opinions on abortion, equal treatment, birth control, etc., are going to be totally ignored. Add to that the expectation that women in Catholic churches be the drudges that clean, cook, babysit, etc., many women reject the idea that they should be domestic slaves on their off time, too.

Addition: I don't think we should discount the effect that the hush-hush treatment of pedophile priests has had on the revulsion of women toward the men who run the church. Would you want YOUR kids in such a church? Women will shy away from that attitude.

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