MAGA-Linked Pastor Doug Wilson’s Plan for a Christian Theocracy

The pastor who wants to repeal voting rights for women is becoming more mainstream

Pastor Doug Wilson believes women should not be allowed to vote and homosexuality should be a crime. He was also invited to speak at the Pentagon this year. That controversial invitation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscores Wilson's growing influence in the Republican Party. Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who leads Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho — part of a small network of churches with locations including Washingto…

MAGA-linked pastor Doug Wilson’s plan for a Christian theocracy

Pastor Doug Wilson believes women should not be allowed to vote and homosexuality should be a crime. He was also invited to speak at the Pentagon this year.That controversial invitation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscores Wilson's growing influence in the Republican Party. Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who leads Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho — part of a small network of churches with locations including Washington…

The radical pastor Hegseth invited to preach at the Pentagon shares his vision for America : NPR's Newsmakers

Pastor Doug Wilson believes women should not be allowed to vote and homosexuality should be a crime. He was also invited to speak at the Pentagon this year.That controversial invitation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscores Wilson's growing influence in the Republican party. Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who leads Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho — part of a small network of churches with locations including Washington…

NPR Asked Pastor Doug Wilson Why He’d Repeal Women’s Right to Vote. He Said, “Because It’s A Good Idea.”

Wilson entered the national spotlight after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited him to give a roughly 15-minute sermon inside the Pentagon in February 2026, carried on internal Pentagon TV. Reporters quickly flagged that the self-described Christian nationalist wants to repeal the 19th Amendment, and NPR’s Leila Fadel just sat down with him for an interview in his home, Moscow, Idaho. On the record, Wilson said repealing women’s right to vote…