Saturday, August 13, 2011

"Submissive" Question to Bachmann Was Inept; Women's Org. Head: Question Was "Ignorant"

A reporter's question to presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on August 11, 2011 -- relating to her marital submission -- has ignited talk about the biblical role of husbands and wives, and fueled a debate over sexism in the media, according to the Christian Post website.

The crowd at the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa booed after a panelist from the Washington Examiner asked Bachmann if she would be submissive to her husband in the White House.

Bachmann, a Christian, once spoke of how the biblical admonition "Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord" influenced her to be submissive to her husband.

Bachmann answered the question during this week's debate by saying, "What submission means to us... it means respect. I respect my husband... and he respects me as his wife."

Penny Nance -- president of the conservative organization Concerned Women of America -- said: "Byron York's question to Michele Bachmann about her relationship with her husband was incredibly inappropriate and downright ignorant. Perhaps he should study theology a bit."

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