Show why Is it proposed to take obey out of the marriage service by RT REV 1 I P JOHNSON episcopal bishop of colorado why is it proposed to take the word obey out of the marriage service in in my y judgment because modern society oci ety has lost the sense of proportion which lies at the foundation of the home homeland homeard and in order to justi justify fy itself wishes to accommodate the word of god to palliate the situation the idea that the word obey connotes servility is the heresy of modern parents and the schism of modern modem families the word obey is limited always by the circumstances of its use when a woman is asked to obey her husband she does not lesson lessen the glory of her womanhood A family is a corporation and either the man is the head of the family or else it is presided over by a committee of two which has no way of determining ter ta a majority vote except by an endurance test it is now proposed to endorse a headless family in the interests of accommodating truth to prejudice god made man to be the head of the family beca because tuse it was his duty to provide and protect the church exists to set forth ideals not to justify the perversion of ideals |