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There’s a school of thought, for instance, which argues that restoration by its very nature alters the way nature has ordained a structure to evolve, endure wear and tear, and eventually collapse.

And no religious denomination should be forced to ordain gays or women as priests, right?

The letter also ordered her to “take down www.ordainwomen.org and disassociat[e] yourself from Ordain Women.”

Kate Kelly, the leader of Ordain Women, was officially excommunicated.

The Ordain Women website posted some of Harrison's email to Kelly informing her of her excommunication.

Among other things, Weiss had the beautiful chutzpah to ordain Orthodox women.

They say they ordain and establish it; we do not speak of ordaining leagues and compacts.

It is very proper to say, too, I suppose, that it is an imposition when the bishops ordain the ministers?

The bishops will ordain no persons whose names have not been submitted to the Government and approved by it.

"The deities ordain and the balance weighs; your reward will be the greater," replied Ten-teh.

The government they aimed at was not democracy, but theocracy: "God never did ordain democracy as a fit government," said Cotton.