Lindsay Hansen Park | This House Believes Feminism Is Incompatible With Religion

Lindsay Hansen Park speaks as the third opposition for the motion in the Debating Chamber on Thursday 14th November 2024.
Is religion inherently opressive to women or can it co-exist with feminism? As growing numbers globally identify as non-religious and the role of religion continues to be questioned in public life, particularly concerning abortion laws, this debate explores whether it can be compatible with feminism.
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In The Chair: Alessio D’Angelo
Taking the Minutes: Esha Patel
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Results:
Ayes - 235
Abstain - 88
Noes - 165
Full Debate:
• This House Believes Fe...
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Thumbnail Photographer: William Blakesley-Herbert
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LINDSAY HANSEN PARK
Lindsay Hansen Park is an American Mormon feminist blogger for Feminist Mormon Housewives and the Executive Director of the non-profit Sunstone Education Foundation.
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[@CM-um3ed]

That was excellent. Well put and thank you for the message.
To act like you are now the sole valid viewpoint/spokesperson of the universe because you are now an atheist is just as ridiculous as claiming to be the sole valid viewpoint/spokesperson for the only God of the universe.

[@bellesinger5075]

Although this may seem odd because I am Atheist, I mostly agree with Lyndsey, I feel that there are still spaces in "religion" although not traditional, that is feminist because I have seen it with Unitarian Universalists. However, yes, the majority of American society and religion is anti feminist. Also, after being out of Mormonism for 20 years, and also a 7th generation Mormon, I have learned that the umbrella of feminism is also not always the same for everyone.

[@missy12358]

Well stated!

[@typing_social_catalyst]

🙏❤️🔥

[@kamma9264]

Isn't abortion a sacrament of the royal society/protestant faiths and rabbinical judaism?

[@emanuelephrem4307]

😂😂 How did we survive as a species if 10 million jews and 2.8 billion Christians practiced that satanic b.s?

[@LuDel95]

What are you talking about?

[@suzannedehaven6775]

@@kamma9264 no