Zika Means Mormon Women Missionaries Allowed To Wear Pants

Source: www.inquisitr.com --- Saturday, May 21, 2016
Concerns about the Zika virus has forced the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints to loosen their dress and grooming guidelines for young female missionaries. Young women make up to almost 30 percent of all Mormon missionaries. Mormon leaders are giving their women missionaries permission to wear pants to protect their legs from mosquitoes while missioning in hotter climates to protect them from mosquito-born diseases such as Zika, chikungunya, and dengue. Women are still expected to wear dresses and skirts to church services and to the Mormon temple. Mormon women on missions will now be allowed to wear slacks in areas with Zika virus threats https://t.co/SRVOUdG1Mz — KSL (@KSLcom) May 20, 2016 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints leaders also updated their dress and grooming guidelines to allow men and women to wear sun hats and sunglasses . Don’t expect to be seeing Mormon missionaries donning mirrored Ray Bans and swanky fedoras — the instructions from the top are explicit about being “simple and conservative,” have provided examples on the church website. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that in the 1980s, missionaries wore sunglasses in hotter climates without official permission, which sometimes lead to people confusing them for CIA operatives or FBI agents. Of the 15 million Mormons worldwide, there are about 74,000 missionaries currently serving, including many in areas such as South America ...