Where Testosterone and the Bible Are the 'New Punk Rock' [View all]
At Freedom Con, there were feats of strength and CrossFit contests. There was an obstacle course and a station for practicing how to change a tire. There was prayer and music, and original verse from a pastor and tactical gear salesman known as the Warrior Poet. There were exhortations from the stage to run for office, to have more babies, and to reject “woke secular gay paganism.”
“Heterosexual, sober men who marry girls and read Bibles, we’re the new punk rock!” the pastor Mark Driscoll said in a fiery sermon that brought attendees to their feet.
More than 4,500 men gathered in central Washington over Father’s Day weekend for a testosterone-fueled celebration of Christianity and patriotism that culminated in a statement calling conservative Christian men “to rise as statesmen.”
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The two-day event took place just outside the small town of George, Washington, against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary. The amalgam of political activation, Christian worship and male bonding provided a glimpse of an emerging right-wing movement with masculinity as its unifying force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/freedom-con-christian-men.html?
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Heterosexual, sober men who marry girls and read Bibles
Notice, they want GIRLS, not WOMEN!
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