Is Republican Mike Huckabee right about marriage?

Question

"A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ."

- Stated at the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention

Answer 1

Sounds like control issues to me. Does he chain her up to an engine block when he goes on trips?

Answer 2

As a practicing Southern Baptist- yes MR. Huckabee is correct about marriage. That is how the Baptist church views the relationship in marriage.
It has absolutley notta to do with his presidential aspirations.

It's not suggesting servitude but to merely let the man be the man of the house- another reason the church can't recognize gay marriage- a homosexual union causes too much confusion in the roles in a marriage -

Our government and it's appointed officers have successfully managed for over 200 years to keep matters of the church out of the White House-
Do you expect Mr. Huckabee to be the exception?


Something said at a convention ( Southern Baptist at that) 10 years ago is hardly a reason to crucify the man.

Answer 3

It's sad when people have to resort to propaganda and lies when they try to take Mike down.

Here's the full quote:

"The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

Answer 4

Yes ! But a critical piece of that doctrine that is missing is: The Husband is to submit himself to his wife and his marriage. With all the battle cries of independence and rebelling against the traditional beliefs there must be a spiritual leader of the household. The popular secular society has sought to demonize the beliefs of Christianity in an attempt to discredit them as outdated and sexist. But ! Nothing could be further from the truth. With divorce rates skyrocketing and family values being trampled under foot of the "me" Generation. People have to understand why Christian families are organized the way they are. He was absolutely right ! But ! Your wording suggests to me that you do not agree.

Answer 5

Well, Huck obviously knows the Bible but this was just a statement taken out of context. Huck though is not a good person, his snide remarks to Romney yesterday pushed him down under, way down!!
Do you want a President that would say this just for meanness.
Huck asked Romney"Don't Mormons believe God and the Devil are brothers" He is insane, what's up??

Answer 6

Feminism has stated loud and clear the answer to this one. A resounding no. But honestly, women without a strong husband and father leave a family open to incalcuable hardships and shallow actions better left unvisited.

Answer 7

One of the major problems today is that people do not submit to each other, that goes both ways but traditionally the husband has been "the man of the house" and amazingly that worked for thousands of years- suddenly we have a divorce epidemic- I wonder why

Answer 8

Biblically speaking Huck is right...the man is head of the household...but that is only half of it...the Bible also say to love your wife as you love the church...don't try to make it a slave order...partnership in marriage is a most...but sometime a decision has to be maded...it should come from two and the wife should support that decision...

Answer 9

Yes.

The Bible teaches us that the man is to love his wife as he loves God. He is to treat her respect and she, in turn, is to willingly submit to him as head of the household. This the basic tenants of the Covenant Marriage. It is a holy bond between the married couple and God. Losing sight of this ordained institution has lead to the deterioration of the family and a divorce rate higher than our national debt.

Answer 10

He's wrong about everything. The only reason why I'd like to see him get the Republican nomination is that he'd lose by a landslide. We need some Democratic leadership to undo the right-wing extremism of the past seven years and bring us closer to the middle of the road again.

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I've read the Bible and I agree with a lot of what it says, but I would rather die than be governed according to one denomination's narrow interpretation of it. You supporters of theocracy apparently don't know your American history. A lot of our forefathers came here to escape the tyranny of the Church of England, which was a Christian theocracy ruled by the King. Those who dared to express other beliefs (including other Christian denominations) were punished, often by hanging, drawing, and quartering, the most barbaric means of death by torture ever conceived (see link). They recognized the importance of seeing to it that this country's government would never fall under that sort of tyranny, and that is why they put the First Amendment in the Constitution. You're free to believe whatever you want to believe in your church and the privacy of your home, but you don't have the right to impose those beliefs on others. Would you Baptists want to be forced to convert to Mormons? Would you Mormons want to be forced to convert to Baptists? No? Then keep your religion out of our government! It's the only way we can all be free to believe what we choose to believe.

Answer 11

He is exactly right, his words are from the Bible. If you read a few verses before or after you will find that the husband is required to act likewise.

For those of you who think it's one-sided.

Wow...none of the previous six posts knows ANYTHING about the Bible. How sad!