What women who blog say about President Jimmy Carter's statement that "The words of God do not justify cruelty to women."

Don't miss Mata H on what women are saying about President Carter's statement for The Elders about abuse in the name of God. "Blog after blog by women just reprints the whole essay by Carter. as if to say, "It speaks for itself," writes Mata in her excellent round-up, which includes this YouTube video:

What do I think? I love God. And I agree completely with The Elders.

So I say thanks Uncle Jimmy.

Thank you, Nelson Mandela, for forming this council.

Thank you to the other Elders, whose members are, given their cultures, taking on greater risk than President Carter by throwing their considerable leadership behind this statement:

Kofi Annan
Ela Bhatt
Lakhdar Brahimi
Gro Brundtland
Fernando H Cardoso
Jimmy Carter
Graça Machel
Mary Robinson
Desmond Tutu
Muhammad Yunus

Now I must out a little personal guilt on the issue: Do I live under such a big rock that I didn't hear about this until the weekend? Could it be the story didn't get much mainstream play? Or is it that I'm, um, a little distracted by a small party we are hosting in Chicago next weekend?

Something is off here!