A minister who serves California legislators says Jesus wants some of the dames back in the kitchen:

Several state senators donned kitchen aprons and scarlet "M"s Monday to protest remarks by a pastor who said female lawmakers with small children at home were "sinful."

Sen. Debra Bowen ... and other lawmakers said they were furious to learn that the Rev. Ralph Drollinger, who leads a Bible study class for lawmakers, wrote in a Bible lesson that women lawmakers with young children at home are sinners.

"It is one thing for a mother to work out of her home while her children are in school," wrote Drollinger. "It is quite another matter to have children in the home and live away in Sacramento for four days a week. Whereas the former could be in keeping with the spirit of Proverbs 31, the latter is sinful."...

The Bible says God has given men and women different roles, Drollinger said. "Man's is, primarily, to be a breadwinner, and women's is to be at home nurturing their children."...

Capitol Ministries is a nonprofit organization that offers Bible study classes for lawmakers. In Sacramento, about a dozen lawmakers attend the Wednesday morning classes _ most of the regular attendees are Republican....

About a dozen senators -- both male and female -- joined the protest, including the usually bombastic Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, who presided over the Senate while adorned in a pink flowered apron....

--AP/Sacramento Bee