A central tenet of the institute's teaching is a command structure that makes the husband the head of the household. The man's wife and his children are to submit to his authority, though the man has the responsibility to treat his loved ones with respect and devotion.

It would not be natural for a woman to work outside the home and the man to raise the children, one institute director said.

"That puts a wife in a role that she's not equipped for inwardly or outwardly and puts the man in the same position,'' the Rev. Tom Brandon said.

"A man is the lover and leader. (The wife's) role is to trust God to supply her needs through the leadership of her husband and to serve
with him and fulfill his needs.''

No amount of spin from Factcheck.org can change that

but that's just me.

sarcastic, i am disappointed in the obvious weakness displayed in your posts on this thread, i expected better of you. actually, you'd have been well advised to say nothing, but..........................

facts have an unerring liberal bent. mr. webster's very own, oft stated positions, in his very own words, said using his very own voice, betray him, factcheck.org's poor analysis nothwithstanding.

his stated position on choice (no abortions, for any reason, ever) is a painfully clear demonstration of his belief that his spouse (and all women) should submit to him. it can't be interpreted, by any rational person, any other way, with a straight face.

mrs. webster, had she any smarts, would have known better than to publicly rebuke sen. grayson for this ad. by doing so, she's put a legitimate target on her back.

Grayson would have been better off emphasizing the no abortion in case of rape or incest angle, & Webster's predilection to let his beliefs influence his work as a legislator.

Grayson opened the door to make the issue about his finagling the video, regardless of the fact Webster believes wives should submit to their husbands.

In a new ad, Grayson accuses his Republican opponent Daniel Webster of being a religious fanatic and dubs him "Taliban Dan."

But to make his case, Grayson manipulates a video clip to make it appear Webster was commanding wives to submit to their husbands, quoting a passage in the Bible.

Four times, the ad shows Webster saying wives should submit to their husbands.

In fact, Webster was cautioning husbands to avoid taking that passage as their own.

The unedited quote is: "Don't pick the ones [Bible verses] that say, `She should submit to me.' "

PolitiFact Florida asked for, and received, a video with Webster's extended comments. The video confirms Gothard's recollection of the 2009 speech.

"Have verses for (your) wife. I have verses for my wife," Webster said in an unedited excerpt provided by the Institute. "Don't pick the ones that say, 'she should submit to me.' That's in the Bible, but pick the ones you're supposed to do (laughs). So instead (laughs) that you'd love your wife -- even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it ... and, as opposed to wives submit yourself to your own husband. She can pray that if she wants to, but don't you pray it."