Pete Hegseth's pastor NPR interview, vision for America: non-Chrisians wouldnt hold office but "probably" could vote,

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5822558/pastor-doug-wilson-interview-pete-hegseth

The radical pastor Hegseth invited to preach at the Pentagon shares his vision for America




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.

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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.

"So probably the best illustration of this would be church bells? Yes. Minarets? No," he said.

Why?

"Because, the public space would belong to Christ," he added.

Wilson also wants to repeal women's right to vote. When asked why, he was quick to respond.

"Because it's a good idea," he said, adding that he wants it replaced with household voting, with women only voting if they are the head of their household.

[Norrrm]

1. And later, only the proper/approved varieties of Christians.

Certainly not Mormons, JWs, Adventists, non-white Christians.

Many Protestants/Catholics consider each other to be false Christians.

Who will turn out to be the Christian Ayatollah?
We have plenty of religious leaders who would like the position.

[Bettie]

6. First, I think this guy is figuring he'll be the Ayatollah

second, all of this over a bunch of bronze age campfire tales, which changed over the years until someone, centuries later, wrote them down, with some embellishments and magic added to give it some pizazz.

Longest game fo telephone ever.

And boy howdy, what a fight there will be when all the varous flavors of Christian have their knock-down drag-out fight over who runs the show.

We'll be getting a "convert or die" situation. Fun.

[haele]

19. He figures he's going to be in charge because he has the balls of the current SecDef or whatever.

If he "advises" the military on what is Christian and Holy, he runs the country.
Just like the Iranian Revolutionary Guard runs things.
He'll let the other Christian groups fight it out, but as long as his boi controls all the guns, he knows he's got the last word.

[Bettie]

21. Yes indeed

and the truly hilarious thing about the whole fucktangle is that he literally ticks every single one of their "antichrist" boxes.

And they are so lost in their worship of him that they refuse to see it.

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[2naSalit]

2. I heard that...

And all I can say to him is,

FUCK THAT NOISE, TAKE YOUR CONTROL FREAK ISSUES AND FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF, CLOWN.

I've really had enough of this nonsense.

[GPV]

3. To Hell with that!

[GiqueCee]

4. This malignant zealot, Wilson...

... represents the worst of the worst in the sick perversion that now passes for "Christianity". They have the potential to make Jim Jones look like Mother Theresa. They are utterly devoid of any redeeming qualities whatsoever, and they're the furthest thing from "Christian" it is possible to be without growing horns and a tail.

[Conjuay]

5. Hey, pal, how many of the beatitudes can you recite?

"What's a beatitude?"

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. why is npr giving this guy a platform

[Maeve]

10. Know your enemy

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. it's possible to know about Doug Wilson without giving him a credulous interview

[Maeve]

13. Agreed. Journalism isn't what it once was, but light still disinfects

Not arguing with you, exactly

[Maeve]

18. After watching the interview in whole, it was well done

The interviewer pushed him on several points (even noting his use of the c word for women) and let him hang himself.

[mwmisses4289]

8. christian this dude ain't!

Not sure what the hell he is, but if Christ appeared before him, he would call the cops to have this brown skinned hippie arrested for...I don't know, being brown skinned?

[Norrrm]

11. What color/ethnicity was Jesus?

https://apnews.com/article/jesus-christ-stained-glass-dark-skinned-49c3d84ab5a939beba621bc1ae54eda0

Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England

What color/ethnicity was Jesus?

It depends on whose wall his portrait hangs.

Ben Carson's Jesus - not the evangelicals' blond, blue-eyed Jesus

[Karma13612]

9. OMFG

Handmaid’s Tale….

Fck straight off you monster….

We still have 2 and 1/2 years of this crap. Man, I hope we have a really solid Democratic Candidate for 2028. And I hope to hell we get an incredible mandate so we have the House and Senate and clean up this mess.

All this is really harshing my retirement vibe. At 72, I should be worried about what new hobby to explore, not whether I will be able to afford basic food and necessities.

[JPK]

14. I asked a friend

Who is a very religious Greek Orthodox, raised in the church, what if the US became a theocratic Xian country. Which Xian sect would be in control. I said the US would become like a gigantic Northern Ireland from the 1970's. Xian on Xian violence would become an everyday event. Just like the Muslim religion has been.

He actually belongs to a group that is encouraging that to take place. No doubt the conservative protestants would claim to be the head so what would happen to all those hundreds of Xian sects that would be excluded from the Xian power structure? We already know how the Catholics and the Protestants handled things in the past.

[Norrrm]

16. Oftentimes, the method of religion is more important than the God of religion.

[valleyrogue]

17. He is going soft on women's suffrage. He was of the mindset women couldn't vote AT ALL.

There had to be a male somewhere to vote on their behalf even if it is a dimwit brother or father.

After all, single women are the biggest supporters of the Democratic Party, and this eliminating women's right to vote is all about hurting the Democratic Party.

If they voted GOP, there would be no such talk.

[Skittles]

20. LEAVE YOUR DELUSIONS IN CHURCH

STOP TRYING TO INFLICT THEM ON EVERYONE, UGH