'An Outspoken Christian Nationalist Pastor Expands His Sway In Trump's DC'

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"Idaho pastor Doug Wilson is bringing his church to DC, and says he met with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in recent weeks."

"Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson can be provocative. He once wrote that 'slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races.' He’s said that 'sodomy' is worse than 'slavery'; abortion, he’s written, is 'as great an evil as slavery' due to what he sees as its ability to spark a civil war. He told me last year that he regards the American state as the 'biggest blasphemer' of them all."

"But beneath the provocations is a vision of a remade — and Christianized — America: One in which the government aggressively promotes and enact the preferences of the evangelical right."

"Wilson believes that he has key allies atop and throughout the American government, and, like many before him, is trying to secure access and influence to advance his ideas. To do that, Wilson is seeking to expand his religious empire — already capacious — into the capital. He’s launching a new church in Washington this summer."

"At the same time, the Trump administration has begun to take actions that appear to benefit Wilson and his movement. On Tuesday, the DOJ civil rights division sued an Idaho town for denying a land use permit to Wilson’s church. Hegseth held a prayer service in the Pentagon on Wednesday where he praised President Trump as an instrument of God while standing alongside his own, Nashville-based pastor, who is himself a longtime member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), the movement that Wilson founded."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/an-outspoken-christian-nationalist-pastor-expands-his-sway-in-trumps-dc

[JBTaurus83]

1. Transforming

the USA into "Handmaids Tale" horror nation Gilead at breakneck speed.

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2. I'm amazed how quickly Christian Nationalism and White Supremacy have taken over the Republican party.

These ideologies never went away, they were always just hiding under the surface, waiting for the right moment to come out.

[Abolishinist]

3. Of all his appointments, Hegseth worries me the most,

and for the reasons you stated. If he believed Jeebus told him to do something, anything, he would do it.

[T_i_B]

4. If the Christian Nationalist movement were to have a leader

It would be Doug Wilson. He's pretty much written the book on the subject.

This won't be your run of the mill Calvinist church. It certainly wouldn't be my personal choice if I was in DC!