The Defense Minister passionately supports the theocratic church that preaches women’s subordination.

Defense Minister Pitt Hugset spoke during a Pentagon’s press conference on June 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
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August 7th Defense Minister Pete Hegset published On the X clip of the CNN segment with the participation of the Wilson Arc, the pastor who united the communication of the reformed evangelical churches (CREC), the extremist Christian nationalist sect, which Hugset joined in 2018. Hegset added Frat, which he studied from the church, “all Christ for life.” In the video itself, Wilson and other CREC shepherds state Theocratic and patriarchal vision of the world. Wilson says CNN: “I would like the nation to be a Christian nation, and I would like the world to be a Christian world.” Another Pastor CREC calls for the cancellation of the 19th amendment that enshrines the right of women to vote, and the women’s parishioner supports the church’s doctrine, which the wives should obey their husbands.
While post Hegsette lit a dispute, Wilson was delighted with the fact that such a powerful government official gave CREC Imprimatur. Pastor said AP:
(Hegset) reports him, and he said, “All Christ throughout his life,” which we use. This is the first time we had connected with so many people in the national government as it is now. We try to give these people the opportunity to meet God … I think the 19th amendment was a bad idea.
Religious Faith Hegseta is more than a personal business, because the church has such a far-reaching program for refurbishing the United States and the world. While hegets cannot cancel the 19th amendment, it can change the Pentagon along the patriarchal lines. Donald Trump, who has nominated Hegset, himself trying to turn the military into a tool of his guerrilla program, sending troops to Washington, Colombia, allegedly fighting a crime.
HEGSET joined CREC in one of the frequent moments of personal crisis. In 2017 he paid 50,000 dollars for resolve with a woman who accused him of a sexual attack. The next year’s mother’s mother’s mother wrote him a letter This is partly read: “You are a rapist of women is an ugly truth, and I do not respect any man who humiliates, lie, deceive, sleep around and uses women for their own strength and ego.” (She later gave up this letter.) At the time, hegset was double the alcoholic who was who was repeatedly accused of improper management The non -profit organizations he oversee (on the occasion of allegedly creating an environment where sexual harassment flourished). Wanting to restore her life, Hegset joined CREC in 2018 and married next year.
Like Amanda Marcot noted in SalonWilson’s theology is based on the idea of women’s sexual subordination:
In one famous passage with His book about marriageWilson suggests that sexual abuse is a woman’s fault insufficiently humble. “(T) it cannot be made in Egolitarian joy, “he writes. “The man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. The woman gets, gives, accepts.” He continues to refuse what women are falling, he makes men “dream of being rapists” deprived of “erotic necessity” found in the presentation of women.
In the management of Pentagon Hegset was a cultural warrior, more concentrated on victory for liberalism than in the fight against foreign wars. He has was particularly oriented On the cleaning of the troops of transgender troops. HEGSET also believes that the initiatives of diversity, justice and inclusion (Dei) weakened the military skills of the war. He carefully blocked the promotion of the officers he sees, not his vision. Sometimes these officers are white men of Hegegset as hostile but amazingly a large number – women and/or people.
The New York Times made a partial list:
HEGSET and President Trump fired General Charles K. Brown -junior … Hegset accused General Brown, who is black, a diversity priority for the effectiveness of combat force.
Also removed in the first months of the new administration was the first woman commanding the Navy, Adm. Lisa Frances; The first woman who commanded the Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fogan; Senior Mr. Hugset’s Senior Military Assistant, Lieutenant General Jennifer Short; and US military representative of the NATO military committee, Vice -Ant. Shashon Chatfield. Everyone was rejected as part of a diversity, justice and inclusion campaign and resumed what Mr. Hugset called “the warrior”.
Mr. Hugset also recently recalled the post -administrator Michael “BAZ” was brought to head the seventh Navy Fleet in Japan – the largest abroad – reports Amid in conservative media that the Admiral was allowed to work on Ronald Rygan’s air transport seven years earlier.
The message of these firing and failures of the selection is clear: under the Gegset, the military is an institution for conservative white people. You automatically suspect that you are a woman, trans or colors. Even if you are a white person, any sign of diversity tolerance makes you suspect.
Hegset grabbed the Christian nationalist Patriarchate as a decision of his personal setbacks. He is now trying to impose on this Christian nationalist patriarchate on the military. The logical result of this program is a military person not aimed at combating military threats, but for internal war against enemies of Christian nationalism. Together with Trump, who uses the military as a personal army, hegets opens the path of authoritarian US.
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