In chapter two of Icons of Christ, Witt tackles non-theological arguments against the ordination of women. (1) The ordination of women is connected to a liberal and secular agenda that erodes orthodoxy. This is the left-wing conspiracy argument. But this objection commits the genetic fallacy, i.e., confusing the origins of a view with its truthfulness. Yes, many liberals championed women’s ordination. Just as many advocates of racial equality were also connected to the liberal left, but it does not mean that we should see racial equality as a power grab by liberals and secularists. Besides that, the first major advocates for women’s ordination in the eighteenth century were decidedly orthodox and theologically conservative.
SUCH an important book and deserves far more attention that it's (seemingly) getting.