Oh I have to vent.
By way of background - I am a civil marriage celebrant. I am getting out the gig for a number of reasons but one of them is that I'm really just over it, not interested anymore. Anyway, although I do not conduct religious ceremony I have always struggled with the patriarchal elements of ceremonies. Not all of them are obvious. Yes, many brides still choose to be 'given away' by their fathers but even things like that the man always speaks first. Very few couples challenge these 'tradition's'.
I have about 5 more ceremonies to perform and now, after 6 years, the couple have asked me to read from Ephesians 5:20-33, which says, amongst other things
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands."
I am going to have to stand their on Saturday and grit my teeth whilst I read this shit out in public. What am I going to do? Ugh, I actually feel a bit sick.
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smugaboo · 21/09/2011 21:38
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