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"The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

From the Southern Baptist "Faith and Message"

So, Right. Husband and wife are equal, but the husband's supposed to lead the family and be in charge, while the wife's supposed to "submit" to the "servant leadership" of her husband and "serve as his helper". Um. That is no way, no how, equal.

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