I had this issue brought to my attention: In Preserving The Restoration, at p. 513 (and subsequently in the Glossary under “Sustain”), there is this language: “For a youth to be ordained, at least seven women must vote to sustain him to be a priest, which would, of necessity, include the mother because she would be most acquainted with his daily walk.”
When I was discussing this I had in mind that a newly ordained youth would want to be able to minister both in his family and in his fellowship. But if the youth is only ministering in his family, no sustaining vote is necessary for ordination.
On another matter, I’ve been getting asked by women, and confronted by husbands, to do something to clarify, intervene, add to, or remove from the currently underway disputes among the women. There are lively campaigns, Zoom meetings, email chains, and entire websites in which opposing views about Women’s Councils are underway. I have declined to intervene.
Women are given responsibility to deal with these issues and I do not believe it should be something I should weigh in on, and certainly not before the women have the opportunity to sort this out themselves. I’ve had to interrupt many times to let people know I am staying out of this matter until the women have had a fulsome opportunity to address the matter first.