I’m sorry for misjudging you. Thanks for making this discussion meaningful unlike most arguments about religion end up.

that’s not the problem, the problem is that due to her being part of a religion. They aren’t only disturbed, they actively respect her less. None of my still religious friends respect me any less. So why should she lose respect?

I honestly think that many ex members are just a little bitter. I mean, I was once part of the church, but I only left for more personal reasons. In my experience the church never treated women any worse than men, they may not have been allowed to hold the priesthood, but they had all of the influence that the men…