In a bizarre bit of modern Biblical misogyny a father places an ad in Christianity Today offering up his virgin daughter for marriage.

The ad, published in the jobs section of the March edition of Christianity Today, advertises for a “Son-In-Law” and reads:

Her: godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, travelled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin. You: unworthy, though becoming less so daily.

After receiving negative feedback concerning the deplorable ad that treats the “26-year-old virgin” like livestock, Christianity Today’s editor-in-chief Mark Galli apologized, claiming the odious ad was flagged too late to be pulled from the evangelical Christian magazine’s print version.

Speaking to the Daily Beast, editor Mark Galli admitted that the advertisement was “demeaning and in poor taste,” noting:

We want everything in our magazine to reflect beautiful orthodoxy, and this ad did not. We have taken a hard look at our ad review process, made some changes, and we can assure our readers that no ad like this will appear again.

CT would like to apologize to readers for an ad that appeared in our March issue pic.twitter.com/0Hrpt9puvn — Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) March 4, 2016

Galli’s remarks are puzzling, for there seems nothing more “orthodox” than a conservative Christian man treating his daughter like a commodity to be bought and sold. Such behavior is positively Biblical, and by definition reflects the “beautiful orthodoxy” of the patriarchy and misogyny that is a cornerstone of the Christian faith.

As for Rachel Stewart, the “26-year-old virgin” being offered up for marriage by her father, she insists that she wasn’t angry, claiming her dad was merely encouraging singles to “seek the kingdom of God.”

In a blog post Stewart tries to minimize the despicable actions of her overbearing and creepy father, but the whole thing is sad, and one can only feel sympathy for a woman who is happy to be treated like property to be bought and sold.

Stewart writes:

So how am I feeling about this? I’m not angry or embarrassed. I’m just nervous if this doesn’t work out, next I’ll find my face plastered on a billboard. Oh gosh, now I’m giving him ideas.

Oh gosh, perhaps Stewart should familiarize herself with the term “Stockholm syndrome” for she is clearly brainwashed. The fact that she is not angry or embarrassed by her father’s creepy, overbearing, controlling, sexist, possessive, lecherous and possibly-incestuous behavior only reflects the depths of depravity religious superstition makes possible.

Bottom line: Creepy Christian dad is creepy in Jesus’ name.