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"The priestly vocation is no more sacred than the vocation of a parent."

That is flat-out Bovine Scatology, my friend. If you are a Protestant, then state yourself to be as such. What you are contending is that the priesthood and the laity are equal, and that is Lutherin rubbish.

"Unless you're positing that God favors some men over other men..."

Did the Lord not set the priesthood apart? Did Christ not CHOOSE His twelve disciples? Did Christ not INSTITUTE the papacy through Peter?

"...and those men over women."

What has this discussion to do with women, unless you are defending that women should be ordained? Men have their role to play, and women have their part to accomplish under God's plan. Let's not confuse the arrangement. Oh, BTW, God DID FAVOR ONE WOMAN OVER ALL OTHERS... MARY.

What you are contending is that the priesthood and the laity are equal, and that is Lutherin rubbish.

They are equal. I'll get the Vatican II references for you.

Did the Lord not set the priesthood apart? Did Christ not CHOOSE His twelve disciples? Did Christ not INSTITUTE the papacy through Peter?

Being "apart" does not mean that they are not "equal."

Tell me. Was Peter more favored in his vocation than Mary was in hers?