Another sad commentary on feminist thought (and she's probably a socialist/lefty too :-)):
The way I see it is that dear old Dad has nutured his daughter as if she were, well, his daughter. Now that she has grown up and ready to make a new life with her husband and life partner, he is there at the wedding to hand over his responsibility to love, protect and provide for her, to his daughter's new husband. It is a symbolic gesture indicating acceptance of his new son-in-law, and at the same time, indicating the importance of this responsibility. For her part, she is aware just how much her father has loved her and is grateful he understands she has made the decision to pledge her heart to another man - one that will be as good a provider for her children as her father has been for her. This is not about property rights, it is all about love, trust and faith.
It may not be a Swedish tradition, but it certainly seems to be tradition in socialist countries that some-one else will tell you what you can and cannot do.
Related Link: Dad banned from selling his daughter (is this really how feminists think?)
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Brides in Stockholm who want their fathers to walk them down the aisle are likely to be told it can't be done, as some pastors are refusing to allow the practice they say is sexist, a pastor said on Friday.That's not the way I see it, Miss Hallin.
"In Sweden we have worked hard in many different ways to eliminate everything that is unequal," a Lutheran Church vicar in the Stockholm region, Yvonne Hallin, told AFP.
She said she would not allow the custom in her parish, and noted that Stockholm's bishop issued a recommendation in 2003 that pastors discourage it.
Couples who marry "are equal when it comes to finances, politics, values ... but when they come to the church ... the woman suddenly turns into a man's property," she said.
The way I see it is that dear old Dad has nutured his daughter as if she were, well, his daughter. Now that she has grown up and ready to make a new life with her husband and life partner, he is there at the wedding to hand over his responsibility to love, protect and provide for her, to his daughter's new husband. It is a symbolic gesture indicating acceptance of his new son-in-law, and at the same time, indicating the importance of this responsibility. For her part, she is aware just how much her father has loved her and is grateful he understands she has made the decision to pledge her heart to another man - one that will be as good a provider for her children as her father has been for her. This is not about property rights, it is all about love, trust and faith.
It may not be a Swedish tradition, but it certainly seems to be tradition in socialist countries that some-one else will tell you what you can and cannot do.
Related Link: Dad banned from selling his daughter (is this really how feminists think?)