American woman Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

— William P. Leahy

“The bishop was aghast. "You would threaten me?" Christian didn't hesitate with his answer."For her life, aye." "You would jeopardize your soul for her?…

— Kinley MacGregor

Every injustice that has ever been fastened upon women in a Christian country has been “authorized by the Bible” and riveted and perpetuated by…

— Helen H. Gardener

“A few years ago my former church scheduled a retreat for survivors of sexual sin. Organizers wanted to demonstrate to attendees a concept called…

— Wendy Alsup

“...free-associative sexual libel...is typical of the impulses of religious authoritarians to demonize all heretics by attributing to them every manner of outrage that a…

— Jonathan Kirsch

“After all, the Church had murdered itself, as with every decade more and more depressed dubiousness crept into its synods and convocations, until speaking…

— Will Self

Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy…

— Harper Lee

What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

— Ayn Rand

“hosts in a last-ditch assault designed to finally bring about mankind’s destruction. Spirits of depression, discouragement, fear, intimidation, witchcraft, sorcery, division, malice and slander…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“Some pinned the blame on the corruption of the Church, believing that the divine institution's fall from grace had tainted their pleas and prayers…

— Charles River Editors

“For Cumming the Christian and feminine imperative of service far outweighed superficial notions of female delicacy. Employing one dimension of feminine ideology to dismiss…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky