Thursday night in the Fox News GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, was asked by columnist Byron York whether she would be "submissive to her husband" if she were elected president.
"Thank you for that question, Byron," Bachmann responded with a wry smile. "Marcus and I will be married for 33 years this Sept. 10. I'm in love with him. I'm so proud of him. What submission means to us, it means respect. I respect my husband. He's a wonderful godly man and great father.
The question of wives being submissive to their husbands comes from a passage in the New Testament in Paul's letter to the Ephesians.
Bachmann identifies herself as an evangelical Christian. Her congressional office said recently that she has been attending a nondenominational church as her schedule allows.
She has shown over the years that she is fluent in "Christianese," using words and phrases that ring true to evangelical listeners.
She formally withdrew her membership in her former church days before she formally announced that she was seeking the White House.
It is not possible for her to be President and submit to her husband. Respect and submit are not synonyms. To submit is to yield to governance or authority. A correct synonym for respect would be esteem. If Michelle Bachman were President her husband should be submissive to her. President of the United States is the most powerful position in the free world. Our President should not be submissive to a non-elected official. Based on this statement my support for her has really dwindled.
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