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“The Lord says be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.” – Michele Bachmann, October 2006.
There’s nothing unusual about a conservative evangelical woman quoting the biblical admonition that wives submit to their husbands.
In fact the Bible is completely clear on who’s in charge: “The husband is the head of the wife”.
Back in October 2006, recounting her life journey to an audience at the Living Word Christian Center, Bachmann talked about “receiving Jesus” at 16, studying hard, meeting her future husband at college, and earning a law degree.
“My husband said ‘Now you need to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law.’ Tax law! I hate taxes—why should I go and do something like that?” she told the audience.
“But the Lord says be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.”
Bachmann said she never had taken a tax course, “never had a desire for it,” but “I was going to be faithful to what I felt God was calling me to do through my husband.”
Later, when the opportunity to run for Congress arose, “my husband said, ‘You need to do this,’ and I wasn’t so sure.”
She became sure two days later, after praying and fasting with her husband.
Who would be making decisions in a Bachmann White House? And are these fair questions to ask, say, at a candidate debate?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/10/michele-bachmann-s-bible-submissiveness-is-it-a-problem.html
There’s nothing unusual about a conservative evangelical woman quoting the biblical admonition that wives submit to their husbands.
In fact the Bible is completely clear on who’s in charge: “The husband is the head of the wife”.
Back in October 2006, recounting her life journey to an audience at the Living Word Christian Center, Bachmann talked about “receiving Jesus” at 16, studying hard, meeting her future husband at college, and earning a law degree.
“My husband said ‘Now you need to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law.’ Tax law! I hate taxes—why should I go and do something like that?” she told the audience.
“But the Lord says be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.”
Bachmann said she never had taken a tax course, “never had a desire for it,” but “I was going to be faithful to what I felt God was calling me to do through my husband.”
Later, when the opportunity to run for Congress arose, “my husband said, ‘You need to do this,’ and I wasn’t so sure.”
She became sure two days later, after praying and fasting with her husband.
Who would be making decisions in a Bachmann White House? And are these fair questions to ask, say, at a candidate debate?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/10/michele-bachmann-s-bible-submissiveness-is-it-a-problem.html