What's that you say? It's true. In Watertown New York (where??) a woman (pictured) named Mary Lambert who had been teaching sunday school for 54 years was fired. Why? Because a Bible verse in Timothy says that women shall not have authority over or teach men. The reverend who fired her also serves on the city council but he has said that this rule apparently only applies within the church. Outside of the church he'll just discrimnate based on the usual reasons (not what he actually said).Ugh. What year is this? I know the literal vs non literal Bible interpretation has been going on for quite awhile now, but in this case I find this reverend's decision to be stupid and gutless. Stupid because he fails to realize that religion must adapt in order to thrive. And gutless because if he really believed this, he would practice it fully in all areas of his life. He doesn't because he knows that society will condemn him. His wife probably will too.Read the full article here.Read another blog post about this article here.