Finally, the fact that Stanton completely supported interracial marriage only further demonstrates that her opposition to the 14th and 15th amendments was not a rejection of her ethical stance on civil rights for African-Americans or racial equality.
Criticisms of Religion and the Women's Bible:
Stanton was strongly ethically opposed to the subservient position of women in the way they were represented in the Bible and, therefore, she also opposed the manner in which women were relegated to second-class status throughout the modern institution of Christianity (Kern, 2001). Toward the end of inspiring religious reform that rectified the situation, Stanton authored and promoted a revisionist edition of the New Testament that provided alternate biblical interpretations more consistent with equality in general and feminism in particular.
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