| Judson McClendon 2008-02-18, 6:56 pm |
| "William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" <judmc@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> After the Anglican (Hong Kong, then US, now even England) ordination of women to the priesthood began in the '80s, there was (and
> still is) a lot of discussion on the "acceptable" usage when addressing a priest who is female. There is (currently) no consenus
> on the best term. I have heard women addressed as
> Father Smith (nost often)
> Mother Smith (less often)
>
> Interestingly enough, I guess Judson wouldn't have problems with the latter, as the prohibition seemed to only apply to the word
> "Father".
I don't "have a problem" with the former.
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