I am currently in a courtship with a young lady (who is a Gamma Sig), and she says that the word "obey" must be taken out of the vows. We are currently in disagreement on that. Men are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church. Conversely, the wife must obey the husband as the Church must obey Christ. In other words, the present day marriage is symbolic of the ultimate union of Christ to the Church (soon to come).
The man is to be the head of the household, and the woman is to submit to the head. Or, as my pastor put it, The husband is the head, the wife is the neck that turns the head. OTOH, being that husbands are the head of the household, we are to serve our wives and to be humble in all our endeavors.
As far as our courtship goes, I doubt that it will go any further until this matter is resolved. Not compromised, mind you, but resolved. I don't want ego, hers or mine to destroy the marriage before it starts.
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