Women treated as ‘second-class citizens’ in Christian sect 'The Message'
From the Twisted Message: A prophet’s unchecked global sect series
Women share misogynistic experiences they have had in a Christian religious sect called "The Message."
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Dancing for the first time. Celebrating holidays. Seeing the ocean. For people in one strict Tucson church, leaving has meant freedom to do 'wrong' things that others find normal.
Men across the country use misogynistic rhetoric from their prophet, the late Rev. William Branham, to justify sexist behavior.
Tucsonan Marissa Butterfuss tried to make it as a woman and wife in The Message, but marriage to a devout man proved disastrous. By leaving she revealed a whole new self.
