[Avodah] explanation

[saul newman via Avodah]

the torah's law on who may do the actual avodah [ ie mum-free] is not  PC
by today's standards, and in fact was a source of consternation for some
shabbos guests last week [ not to mention the column of a heterodox
clergylady in the local paper, who says she can't even read those passages]
.  i didn't have an answer other than to say [ other than the chok aspect]
 that the RBSO was looking from the perspective of the kahal and their
kovod, and how they would react or be distracted by a baal mum.

can someone supply a better take ?
thanks
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