Kate Kelly (feminist)

Kate Kelly

Kathleen Marie Kelly (born October 29, 1980 ), known as Kate Kelly , is an American Mormon feminist and human rights lawyer. She founded Ordain Women to campaign for the ordination of women to the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . In 2014 she was excommunicated .

Early life and education

Kelly was born in 1980, the first of four children to Jim and Donna Kelly, and grew up in Hood River , Oregon . Both parents were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their father was for some time a bishop of the Church's local ward. Kelly graduated from Brigham Young University , where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 2006 . She later continued her studies at American University in Washington, DC , where she received a Juris Doctor in 2012 . She served on an 18 month mission in Barcelona .

Kelly married J. Neil Ransom in the Salt Lake Temple in 2006. The couple did not want children and they divorced in 2015. Kelly joined Planned Parenthood in September 2015 . She is a strategic promoter and advisor to the organization.

She is fluent in Spanish .

Ordain Women

Members of the Ordain Women Organization attempt to enter the general conference priesthood meeting .

In May 2013, Kelly founded Ordain Women to campaign for the ordination of women to the priesthood of Latter-day Saints of Jesus Christ. Local church leaders asked her to stop this campaign. In response, she and her organization protested in Temple Square during general conference in 2014. After that, she was excommunicated, but she did not attend the Disciplinary Council meeting to discuss her excommunication. Her excommunication took place in June 2014.

In the weeks before and after the excommunication, Kelly urged her followers to remain in church and move "hell" as long as they were physically and mentally able to do so. She tried to reverse her excommunication, first with her stake president and then with the First Presidency . But all denied her request and she remained excommunicated.

Kelly has not been part of any religious organization since then. She was ordained a priestess in 2015 by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests , a splinter group outside the Roman Catholic Church .

Web links

• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peggy Fletcher Stack: Two years after an excommunicated Kate Kelly sought a giant leap, Mormon feminists keep making small steps toward equity. In: The Salt Lake Tribune , June 21, 2016.
2. Jump up ↑ Laura Marostica: Feminism in Faith: Kate Kelly's Mission to Ordain Mormon Women. In BuzzFeed BuzzReads , March 7, 2014
3. ^ Sista Beehive, Sista Laurel: Ordain Women (Kate Kelly & Suzette Smith). In SistasInZion.com , January 26, 2014
4. ↑ Peggy Fletcher Stack: Mormon Bishopric Wants More Time to Decide Kate Kelly's Fate . June 22, 2014.
5. ↑ Kate Kelly: 488-490: Neil Ransom and Kate Kelly - After Kate's Excommunication . In: Mormon Stories Podcast .
6. ↑ Kate Kelly's Divorce . Retrieved June 27, 2016.
7. ↑ ANNIE KNOX and Rachel Piper The Salt Lake Tribune: Ex-Ordain Women leader Kate Kelly joins Planned Parenthood of Utah | The Salt Lake Tribune . Sltrib.com. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
8. ↑ Peggy Fletcher stack and Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune: Kate Kelly out as leader of Mormon group Ordain Women | The Salt Lake Tribune . Sltrib.com. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Tad Walch: Two Mormon activists say they are facing church discipline . June 11, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
10. ^ Letter to Kate Kelly - The Washington Post . Apps.washingtonpost.com. June 30, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
11. ^ Tad Walsh: LDS bishop excommunicates Ordain Women founder . June 23, 2014.
12. ↑ Kate Kelly: Episode 112: Kate Kelly on Being Disciplined by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . In: Feminist Mormon Housewives Podcast . Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 10, 2014. 
13. ↑ Kate Kelly of Ordain Women speaks about her excommunication from the LDS (Mormon) Church . The Salt Lake Tribune . June 24, 2014.
14. ^ Nate Carlisle: Kate Kelly appeals excommunication from Mormon church . July 24, 2014.
15. ^ Nancy: Kate Kelly's Appeal to Her Stake President . In: Ordainwomen.org . 23rd July 2014.
16. ↑ Peggy Fletcher Stack: Kelly loses appeal, keeps fighting for Mormon membership . October 31, 2014.
17. ↑ Peggy Fletcher Stack: Ordain Women's Kate Kelly loses last appeal; husband to resign from Mormon church . February 28, 2015.
18. ↑ The Let's Go Eat Show . June 13, 2016.
19. ^ Kristen Moulton The Salt Lake Tribune: Salt Lake City woman is first in Utah to claim ordination to Catholic priesthood | The Salt Lake Tribune . Sltrib.com. Retrieved November 24, 2015.