Posted by:
exminion
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Date: April 20, 2018 04:21PM
In California, the women in our ward RS had exercise classes two mornings a week. The stake penishood leaders put a stop to that, for the same reason--it was wasting the women's time. They should be at home with the kids, or doing church work. They also objected to any "Yoga" influence.
Here in Utah, the RS women had a vital, interesting book club, which included working women, teachers, a professor, and about 8 non-Mormons. One of the women's husband was the stake president, and he imposed rules on our club: Only MORMON writing was to be read and reviewed--Mormon authors and Deseret books. The majority of the TBM women stayed in the book club, and read the boring, uninspiring third-grader Mormon junk. A Mormon wrote a series of about 8 volumes of fictional, childish pioneer-type stories, which they plowed through. They did allow the "Twilight" vampire series, written by a Mormon, LOL!
Understandably, the book club collapsed, and is now being substituted by a Bible study group, headed by the bishop's wife.
The non-Mormons, I, and some of my friends quit the book club immediately, and formed our own neighborhood book club, through a local bookstore, and we can choose the books we read! (Can you imagine not being able to choose what to read?)