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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Honey, the Bible says ‘Vote Thompson’ … sort of
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
David Shafer says there’s been some discord in his marriage of late.
The spat’s over the Republican presidential primary. For a state senator and his wife, that might not be a small dispute.
Shafer supports Fred Thompson for president. He’s backed the government-lawyer-turned-actor-turned-politician-turned-actor-again-turned-politician-again from the start.
However, Shafer’s wife, Lee, is a recent convert to Mike Huckabee.
“She was impressed, among other things, with how he is able to communicate his conservatism in an optimistic and nonjudgmental tone,” the Duluth Republican wrote in his blog last week.
Shafer said he reminded his wife that Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister, once signed a letter calling on “wives to graciously submit to their husband’s sacrificial leadership.”
The command comes from a much-debated passage in Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. To Shafer, its meaning is clear. His wife must join him in supporting Thompson.
But she wouldn’t submit to that, Shafer said.
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