Rev.Tim LaBouf of Watertown, NY First Baptist Church, (and Watertown city councilman) has attained his 15 minutes of infamy. He banned women from teaching Sunday School just because they are women.
http://www.newswatch50.com/...
The church's website
http://www.nnyinfo.com/...
says they are affiliated with the American Baptist Convention, and specifically the ABC of NY state,
http://www.abc-nys.org/
The church's web page may be out of date, but LaBouf seems to be absymally ignorant of his denomination's history of having ALWAYS ordained women.
NY-23 is a Republican district, and I doubt this little tempest will affect the election, but Republican John McHugh needs to be chased hard for a comment. Does he agree that women should be silent in church? Does he believe that women are unfit for the ministry?