But some of what he said was profoundly painful to me and to other women. I believe he cares about the members of the church and wished to express that in his talk. Let me start by saying that I do not believe that Brother Packer intended to hurt anyone with his words. I would also like to know to what extent his words represent the opinions of local leadership and how much they will affect decisions made by that leadership. I would like to make you aware of the pain that this talk caused many Mormon women, myself included. I was not in attendance, but have the text of the talk published by the church in front of me. I’m writing to you regarding Brother Packer’s recent talk at the worldwide leadership meeting. To the leadership of the _Ward and _ Stake: What are your thoughts on this plan? Would you feel comfortable doing something similar? What do you think the outcome will be? Packer, as he was the one who gave the talk. I also composed a slightly different letter to send to Bro. I found all their addresses in my ward directory on LDS.org. So here is the plan: I have written to my bishop, relief society president, stake president and stake relief society president. This way they can make decisions about how to use what he said with full knowledge of how it effected some women in their stewardships. Ask the female and male ward and stake leaders how what he said will affect policy or opinions within the ward and stake, and express concern about what was said. Packer, who likely won’t read it anyway, to get in touch with local leadership. She suggested that instead of just writing to Bro. So I reached out to the Exponent community and Deborah gave me an idea I really liked. I am tired of feeling powerless, especially in the church. I felt voiceless and powerless and that makes me more angry then what he said does. I have no way of getting in touch with Bro. But I realized that most of my anger was at my inability to state that I disagreed to anyone who might be able to do something. Many, myself included, were angered and hurt by what he said about women, especially his statement about the worthiest thing women can do is be a wife of a priesthood holder and have children. Packer’s recent talk at the worldwide leadership conference. There has been a great deal of talk about Boyd K.
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