The Republican Party is not the party of your parents... it is a party controlled by far-right Christian nationalists.
Pete Hegseth... his pastor thinks a woman's place is in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant.
NPR NewsJuly 7, 2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Pastor Doug Wilson to give a sermon at the Pentagon in February as part of Hegseth's monthly Christian worship service.The pastor's appearance was controversial.Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to repeal a woman's right to vote, has defended slavery and believes homosexuality should be a crime.His beliefs are extreme, and not long ago they were considered fringe. But today, Wilson's teachings are entering the mainstream, according to religion and history scholars, including Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne.
Meanwhile, JD has a few choice words about women...
Another quote being spoken about is from a 2021 interview with Spectrum News, where Vance was asked about his stance on abortion and whether a woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy to full term after she had been a victim of rape or incest.He said: "I think two wrongs don't make a right. At the end of the day, we're talking about an unborn baby. What kind of society do we want to have? Do we want to have a society that sees unborn babies as inconveniences to be discarded?"Vance went on: "It's not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it's whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child's birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society. The question really, to me, is about the baby."
Then, besides opposing abortion, they are also going after divorce!
NPR NewsHeard on Weekend Edition SundayAyesha Rascoe,July 7, 2024After decades of no-fault divorce law, some conservatives want to make it harder to end marriages on the basis of irreconcilable differences. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Joanna Grossman of Southern Methodist University about the push-back.AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:Some conservatives, including high-profile commentators and Republican state lawmakers, have set their sights on ending or restricting no-fault divorce laws. These laws are on the books in all 50 states. No-fault divorce allows anyone who wants to end their marriage to do so without blaming their spouse for doing anything wrong, like adultery or domestic abuse. But critics of no-fault divorce say it undermines the sanctity of marriage and hurts men. We're joined now by Joanna Grossman. She's a law professor who specializes in family law at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. Professor Grossman, welcome to the program.
When Republicans talk about family values, they mean their values that they want to force upon us. By “family values,” they mean marriage, heterosexual parenting, traditional gender roles, and opposition to things like abortion or easy divorce.
When they say Christian, they don’t mean churches like the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, or Unitarian Universalist congregations; they mean fire-and-brimstone churches.
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