From Australia-
The Anglican Church says new wedding vows which involve a woman pledging to 'submit' to her husband are not sexist.
Introduced as an alternative to the traditional vows that use the word 'obey', the new promises were written by the liturgical panel of the church's Sydney diocese.
The Bishop of south Sydney, Robert Forsyth, is on that panel and says the choice of the word 'submit' is based on the New Testament which talks about the church submitting to Christ.
"I can see why, if you just came upon this, not having read the New Testament about Christ loving the church, the church responding to him, it would look rather odd, just like the word 'obey' would look rather odd," he said.
"But to understand this you must locate it in its context of the New Testament's deep understanding about man and woman and Christ and his church.
Bishop Forsyth says some couples getting married in the church like having separate vows for men and women.
More here-
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-25/anglican-church-denies-new-wedding-vows-are-sexist/4222654?section=nsw
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I like this wedding vows.
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