I used to live in San Francisco, which, in the summer, was always crawling with Mormons trying to convert us. I thought they were there because they thought of San Francisco as sin city, but another theory held that it was the cool summer weather. One guy tried to convert me during a BART ride. I asked him why I, as a woman, would voluntarity join a religion that viewed me as a second-class citizen. The clueless 19-year-old had no answer.

I wonder the same about the woman in the gas station. Why would she join a religion whose scripture so clearly discriminates against her people?