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Pastor Doug Wilson wants to repeal women’s right to vote.
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Now, the chances of that ever happening are slim to none. Even the majority of people who understand Pastor Wilson’s frustration would likely still reject the idea. But, on the flip side, laughing at Wilson, calling him a lunatic, and moving on from what he’s saying misses the much bigger and more important issue: female voting patterns have ruined American politics?
Let’s be honest, women changed the political direction of this country. But that’s what happens when a massive new voting bloc enters the system… hence why the Biden regime was trying so hard to create the “illegal voting” bloc by opening the Southern border. The uncomfortable part for many, and what we don’t acknowledge, is that the results of women voting haven’t always been good.
Many Americans believe progressive women have helped move politics away from practical questions about safety, borders, crime, families, and national stability and into murky waters filled with emotional breakdowns, identity politics, and a radical social agenda. And the people who see this aren’t just men. Conservative women see it too, especially when they watch other women vote for policies that place families, children, and communities at risk while congratulating themselves for being compassionate.
How did we go from traditional family values to celebrating abortions?
Well, that was thanks to women…
This is why the political consequences of female voting patterns should be open for honest debate without everyone screaming “misogyny” and running for cover.
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Pastor Wilson has forced that discussion into the open.
NPR’s latest article on the pastor suggests that his ideas aren’t just confined to a tiny church in Idaho. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a congregation connected to Wilson’s network and invited him to preach at the Pentagon and has helped bring a lot more attention to this pastor whose beliefs were once dismissed as fringe.
Wilson describes himself as a Christian nationalist.
Some of his positions might make you uncomfortable, but placing every controversial belief into one shocking paragraph also allows NPR to skip over why Wilson’s argument about women and politics resonates with a lot of very normal people.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Pastor Doug Wilson to give a sermon at the Pentagon in February as part of Hegseth’s monthly Christian worship service.
The pastor’s appearance was controversial.
Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to repeal a woman’s right to vote, has defended slavery and believes homosexuality should be a crime.
His beliefs are extreme, and not long ago they were considered fringe. But today, Wilson’s teachings are entering the mainstream, according to religion and history scholars, including Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne.
NPR calls Wilson’s views extreme, and some will absolutely fall outside what most Americans would accept. But “shouting your abortion” or cutting off your toddler’s genitals should be even more “extreme,” right?
The frustration surrounding the women’s voting debate comes from what regular people see happening all around them. Progressive female voters have become one of the most disliked, yet dependable forces behind gender ideology, soft-on-crime policies, open-border politics, racial grievance, and a twisted version of “compassion” that has become downright confusing and dangerous.
Wilson’s remedy might be impossible, but the concern he’s addressing is real enough that people are finally willing to say it out loud. When one side moves too far toward an extreme, the other side often follows. This is how the Overton window shifts.
Wilson believes the Trump administration has created an opening that wouldn’t exist under a Democrat president. Christians who share at least some of his worldview now hold meaningful positions in Washington, and Hegseth is the most prominent.
And NPR finds this terrifying:
In a wide-ranging interview, Wilson said he opened a D.C. “church service” because of the number of Christians who adhere to his church’s teachings within the Trump administration. One of the most prominent followers is Hegseth, who attends the newly opened D.C. congregation.
“If Kamala [Harris] had won the presidency, there would have been basically zero evangelicals in the White House administration,” Wilson said. “And although Donald Trump is not an evangelical by any stretch … his administration is full of them.”
That’s why Wilson sees an opportunity for his beliefs to be seriously considered at this moment, including the belief that eventually the U.S. should be a Christian theocracy, whereby Christian principles dictate state authority and religion and politics are tightly intertwined.
His network of churches is still very small in the United States and his beliefs represent a minority of Christians in this country. But Wilson’s proximity to power, by way of his links to Hegseth, has never been more pronounced.
Wilson isn’t hiding his long-term goal, and NPR isn’t wrong to point out that his beliefs represent a minority position, even among Christians.
But there’s something really rich about the panic surrounding a Christian pastor gaining cultural influence in the Swamp. The left has spent decades pushing its beliefs through government agencies, universities, public schools, corporations, entertainment, and nearly every major institution in American life. That’s exactly why Pastor Wilson isn’t being laughed off the national stage. The left kept moving the line, and now it’s shocked that people on the other side are pushing back just as hard.
Still, attending Wilson’s church and listening to his sermons doesn’t mean Hegseth is taking policy instructions from him. NPR asked Wilson directly about that relationship.
NPR seems really eager to create a big scandal here, but the truth seems far less dramatic. Pastor Wilson says Hegseth hasn’t sought policy advice from him, ever:
So does Hegseth ever seek advice from him or other pastors within the church network on policy matters?
“Not to my knowledge. Certainly not from me,” Wilson told Fadel. “I think it is crucial for pastors, when it comes to situations like this, to stay in their lane. Let’s say I’ve got thoughts on the Strait of Hormuz. I don’t have security clearances. I wasn’t elected to anything.”
Wilson shares his thoughts on a personal blog, though, where he’s written about the Iran war. He said he doesn’t support forever wars, like what happened in Iraq or Afghanistan, and that Congress should be the body that declares war and that this war has gone on too long. But he said he has not communicated these concerns directly to Hegseth.
“I’ve written about them and he may have read them,” he said. “But I’ve been very careful not to take my position as pastor and say, I’ve got a pipeline to the secretary.”
Wilson added that he’s “met [Hegseth] a few times” and they’ve “texted some.”
Interestingly enough, NPR didn’t have an issue with Obama’s beloved pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Actually, Wright served as Obama’s spiritual mentor for decades, baptized his daughters, and even officiated his wedding. These are the radical extremists who wished for God to “damn” America.
Meanwhile, Pastor Wilson doesn’t sound like he’s running a secret religious command center operating inside the Pentagon, and he certainly hasn’t baptized Pete’s kids.
His influence is more cultural than operational, which may explain why NPR and other critics find him so threatening. The left doesn’t care if some radical preacher wishes death on America. All they care about are gay rights and gender confusion.
The truth is, Pastor Wilson isn’t working towards some revolution. His plan is generational: preach his version of Christianity, establish churches, open Christian schools, and slowly build a culture capable of supporting his political vision.
Well, this is America, so he’s allowed to do that, as “radical” as it might sound to some.
And speaking of radical… many people believe a religion that promises 70+ virgins to suicide bombers is also a tad “radical.”
NPR:
His focus now is on growing his movement through “preaching the gospel, planting churches, starting classical Christian schools” to gradually turn the U.S. into a Christian theocracy over the course of several generations, despite the Constitution prohibiting the government from establishing an official religion.
Under that vision, Wilson told NPR that non-Christians wouldn’t hold public office. Asked whether non-Christians would be allowed to vote, Wilson said, “Yes, probably,” adding that there would be restrictions on public spaces for non-Christian activities.
Most Americans aren’t going to support removing women from the voting booth or barring every non-Christian from public office. And Pastor Wilson likely knows this.
But his ideas didn’t emerge from nowhere, did they?
The reason people are listening to at least part of this debate is because Pastor Wilson is willing to say something polite society refuses to discuss. Women changed politics, and not for the better.
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Progressive females have helped push America toward policies that weaken the family, undermine public safety, reward illegal immigration, sexualize children, and replace rational debate with emotional blackmail.
People can reject Wilson’s solution while still recognizing the problem he has dragged into public view.
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