Michele BachmannFor the Bible’s authors, it was pretty clear how marriage works.
Men lead.
Women follow.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s run for the White House has put this traditional Christian view of submission in the spotlight. Bachmann, like many conservative Christians, believes that wives should submit to their husbands. That has led some to ask whether she would have to obey her husband when it comes to public policy.
Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says that’s a silly question. He points to Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, who famously said she ran the country and her husband ran their household.