Jimmie Carter resigned from the Southern Baptist Convention this year, a religious body of which he has been a member for all of his adult life; on the order of seven decades.
Why did he do that? Because the organization passed a resolution declaring that women are inferior to men and cannot hold a leadership role in the church. That means women cannot be a pastor or chaplain in a military or a deacon in a church. Jimmie Carter and his wife could not hold that position and left their life-long church.
The man is a giant. He is the standard to which members of the Democratic Party should be held.
He was honest in his opinion, even if they were unpopular. And often said them, even if they were politically incorrect or inconvenient. His legacy grew a lot after his term ended, as if the presidency was a training arena for all the other things he did.
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