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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I never understood why everybody hates that reading (which is from Ephesians 5) so much until I heard it a wedding at my boyfriend's conservative Lutheran church this summer, when I realized that churches must be leaving off the second part.
The second half of the passage tells men to love their wives as Christ loved the church, being willing to sacrifice his life for her.
I have no beef with that passage and will probably include it in my own wedding, and I think we all know I am a feminist man-hating hippie.
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Me too.
I love that it's basically saying sacrifice your own wants for the needs of the other. If both partners are holding up their end of the bargain, both will be in good shape!