A Vow

Now, vows are different all over the place.  In a civil union it might go something like this:
 

I take you to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife).Before these witnesses I vow to love you and care for youas long as we both shall live.

In Muslim ceremonies it sounds like this:

Bride:  “I pledge, in honesty and with sincerity, to be for you an
obedient and faithful wife.”
Groom: “I pledge, in honesty and sincerity, to be for you
a faithful and helpful husband.”

And for the Christians it says some of the same things except there is this pledge from the Groom to "perform my headship over you even as Christ does over me" and the Bride promises to "submit myself to your headship as to the Lord."  Interesting... Headship... (MyWeddingVows.com)

Now, over in Iowa there is another type of vow being offered.  The Family Leader, an influential social-conservative Iowa group, has the “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.”  And Michele Bachmann has already signed it.  So, good Ol' Michele has vowed her submission to somebody's headship.  She has signed on to insure that "the institution of marriage is only between one man and one woman."  (PamsHouseblend.com)

Some of the high points in this vow: 

• Vigorous opposition to any redefinition of the Institution of Marriage and recognition of intimate unions which are bigamous, polygamous, polyandrous, same-sex.
• Official fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, supporting the elevation of none but faithful constitutionalists as judges or justices.
• Recognition of the overwhelming statistical evidence that married people enjoy better health (and better sex).
• Recognition that robust childbearing and reproduction is beneficial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and actuarial health and security.
• Humane protection of women and the innocent fruit of conjugal intimacy (the kids) from (among other things) all forms of pornography.

Wonder how that pornography thing is going to sit with some of the constituents? 

There is a vow in there that rejects Sharia Islam, but that's got nothing to do with marriage.

I think I vow not to vote for her...