[Vision2020] Re: Vision2020 digest, Vol 1 #989 - 2 msgs

[Sara Anderson]

Tami,

I was referring to marriage in the sense described by Nancy Wilson here:

http://www.credenda.org/issues/15-3femina.php?type=print

To some, marriage entails the wholesale submission of a wife to her husband.  Christ Churchers aren't the only ones who're into this - it shows up in many faiths, many denominations.  As I stated before, the power differential necessarily leads to abuses, and beyond that I find it to be morally repugnant.  If that's what marriage requires, then marraige is a bad thing.  

However, I don't think marriage is a bad thing.  Or, what marraige has come to mean for many people who aren't about to submit to a spouse.  A marriage as a public sign of commitment is a fantastic and I daresay natural thing.  A goood relationship doesn't need to consist of master and submittor to be able to work.  Indeed, I consider that the furthest thing from a healthy human relationship.

- Sara Amderson