Michele Bachman equates "submission" with respect and it's mutual in the Bachmann household.

[no_hypocrisy]

So, does Marcus submit to Michele on occasion? A fundamentalist husband submitting to his wife?

[nc4bo]

1. Does Michele Bachman's bible define it this way

or are there some other rules of submission that Michele's neglecting to mention?

And yea, I don't think their brand of Xianity appreciates husbands being submissive to their wives.

Still can't believe this BSC woman is being taken seriously then again, couldn't believe Palin was taken as seriously as she was either.

[OHdem10]

2. Now let us be fair. If there was not mutual respect, and it was

one sided, he would never have agreed to her running
for President.

[seabeyond]

3. point and agree. should have been followup. so your husband is submissive to you. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

4. and was that the meaning of the word in the bible passage she was quoting

or is she distorting god's word for political gain?













Not that I believe that crap but her fundie supporters might have a problem with it.

[pipi_k]

5. I call bullshit on that one...

My two very religious friends who would have been married 21 years in November except the husband has dementia and has lost his marbles...they used to speak of that all the time.

A wife must "submit" to her husband.

Their explanation...the husband is the LEADER of the family and everyone else is the follower. He is supposed to be the spiritual and temporal role model.

As far as I am concerned, that's just shorthand for "I'm the boss and I want to be in control here".

Because he really did try to control every aspect of their lives. And I mean everything...he decided when they would do their daily Bible study (just the two of them). He didn't like the idea that she was using nail polish remover because it's poison. Every few months they would be on some new vitamin/health kick. He even had something to say about the way she washed dishes...no squirting soap on the sponge and then wash and rinse under running water. No. Had to be done in a dishpan.

She would say that she couldn't clean while he was around because he didn't like the sound of the vacuum cleaner. He would claim that she didn't like to clean while he was around because he was in the way.

Whatever he thought or believed, she did too.

I never knew until this past June how crazy their personal lives were...

[DCKit]

6. So sorry for your friends.

But it really does take two to be that dysfunctional.

[seabeyond]

7. agreed. it is as much

on the womans shoulder as the man.

[pipi_k]

11. Oh absolutely!

I don't hold her blameless in all of this, either.

To explain, they are both alcoholics in recovery...meaning they haven't had a drink in over 20 years, although they still do retain the alcoholic behaviors, albeit without the booze.

People generally get involved with people at their own level of dysfunction...like water finding its own level.

That's why it makes me laugh (with some degree of pity) to hear people complain about their spouses. Emotionally healthy people don't generally attract sickos, and if they do, the relationships don't usually last that long. It takes two to Tango, baby...

[no_hypocrisy]

10. My g/f took submission and put it on steroids.

She eloped with a fundamentalist Christian, having converted premaritally.

I was asked to be present for the ceremony and go out afterwards. We ended up at Lum's (Virginia). The waitress came to take orders while my g/f's husband was in the john. My g/f said she'd wait until her husband returned before ordering beer. I asked why. She responded that now that she was married, her husband had to answer for her sins as well as his postmortem. And to save time while hubby was jawboning with St. Peter about her sins, wouldn't it be streamlining the process by asking him what she should do right now so there would be less sinning to account for. I thought she was kidding. She wasn't. She was eager to submit.

My jaw almost shattered as it dropped.

BTW, they aren't married anymore . . . .

[pipi_k]

12. Oh yeah, that sounds so familiar!

That was basically how it was with my friends.

He was the MAN.

She was supposed to be his partner, but in reality, she was just a child for whom he was responsible because she really (in his opinion) didn't know any better.

Whatever they needed, they prayed for. To that big Santa in the sky. One year their old truck was on its last gasp. Well, they prayed and prayed, and what do you know....God answered their prayers and his son (from first marriage) was getting a new vehicle and gave them his.

See this is what I find most offensive of all. Not that people believe in a God (or some power) that runs the universe, but that they can treat God (or whatever power) like their own personal Santa Claus.

[Fleshdancer]

8. Between the submission=respect and the "homosexuality is a personal bondage" remark....

She sure does have many S&M themes when discussing personal relationships.

[gauguin57]

9. PLEASE don't make me post the corn dog picture again!

LOL!

[kestrel91316]

13. Fundie husbands pay lip service to bible's command that they submit to their wives.

Everyone knows who wears the pants in any fundie household. It ain't the wife.

[JBoy]

14. self delete.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. I think she ties up her unmasculine hubby and whips his wimpy @$$. nt