{"id":10488,"date":"2013-06-21T03:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T10:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2013-06-21T03:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T10:37:45","slug":"beating-your-wife-for-supply-side-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/21\/beating-your-wife-for-supply-side-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating Your Wife for Supply-Side Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

I understand that there are places in the Bible that, out of context with the rest of the Bible, make it appear that wives should be submissive to their husbands.  If that\u2019s the way a woman and her husband want to live their lives, I respect that.  However Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christianity has come up with a new one that I can hardly believe, let alone respect.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"21CDD\"<\/font><\/p>\n

It’s just because their husbands love them, and want them to be <\/font>perfect for Jesus!<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

On a pain scale of one to 10, Chelsea ranks the epidural-free birth of her child as a six. Her husband\u2019s spankings? Those are an eight.<\/font><\/p>\n

First, he uses his hands for \u201cwarm-up\u201d slaps. Then comes a combination of tools based on the specific infraction. The wooden spoon is the least severe; for the worst rule-breaking\u2014like texting while driving (\u201cIt could kill me,\u201d Chelsea admits) or moving money between accounts without his permission\u2014she\u2019ll be hit with something else: a hairbrush, a paddle, or a leather strap.<\/font><\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t domestic abuse, Chelsea says. This is for Jesus.<\/font><\/p>\n

Chelsea and her husband Clint, who asked that I use only their first names, belong to a small subculture of religious couples who practice \u201cChristian Domestic Discipline,\u201d a lifestyle that calls for a wife to be completely submissive to her husband. Referred to as CDD by its followers, the practice often includes spanking and other types corporal punishments administered by husbands\u2014and ostensibly ordained by God.<\/font><\/p>\n

… <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars<\/a>><\/p>\n

Photo credit: The Political Freak Show<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Even using the same references that call for obedience, this cannot stand  <\/font>\u201cHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it\u201d  Ephesians 5:25 (KJV)<\/strong> I suppose that for some pseudo-Christians, the love of Republican Supply-side Jesus (NOT the real Jesus) means lock-step obedience or get the crap beaten out of you, but I see it as one small part of the Republican War on Women, given its ties to white nationalism.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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