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Daily Telegraph
29 minutes ago
- Daily Telegraph
Head of US military approvingly shares views of pastor who thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote
Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. The man President Donald Trump chose to lead the US military has come under fire for sharing, in apparent approval, remarks by the leader of a radical church network who thinks women should be stripped of the right to vote, among other fringe ideas. Pete Hegseth, whom Mr Trump plucked from his job as a TV host to make him Secretary of Defence, posted a clip of a CNN segment featuring Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist and the self-appointed leader of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. 'All of Christ for All of Life,' wrote the Defence Secretary, who has publicly praised Mr Wilson in the past. The video Mr Hegseth shared mostly featured Mr Wilson, a pastor with an international network spanning more than 150 churches, though some other members of his church were also interviewed. The pastor defended his vision of a patriarchal society in which men are dominant and women submit to their husbands. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Picture: Cliff Owen/AP 'Women are the kind of people that people come out of,' Mr Wilson said. 'So you just think they're here to have babies. That's it? They're just a vessel?' interviewer Pamela Brown asked. 'No, it isn't. It doesn't take any talent to simply reproduce biologically,' said Mr Wilson. 'The wife and mother, who is the chief executive of the home, is entrusted with three, or four, or five eternal souls.' Ms Brown pointed out that she was both a working woman and a mother of three children. 'Is that an issue for you?' she asked. 'No it's not automatically an issue,' said Mr Wilson. Mr Wilson speaking to CNN. Pamela Brown's reaction to his description of women as 'people that people come out of'. Mr Hegseth attended the opening of Mr Wilson's latest church last month, which happens to be in Washington D.C., right at the centre of power in America's federal government. Sean Parnell, chief spokesman for the Pentagon, told The Associated Press the Defence Secretary was 'a proud member of a church' affiliated with Mr Wilson's network and 'very much appreciates many of Mr Wilson's writings and teachings'. Those teachings include the idea that the United States should become a Christian theocracy, with other religions driven out of public spaces – he has explained in the past that he thinks Muslims, for example, should still be able to pray in private, but mosques should not be allowed in American cities. In addition to that, he wants non-Christians to be barred from holding public office. Mr Wilson also believes women should not be able to vote, and he thinks homosexuality should be criminalised, as it was decades ago. In a book, which he wrote in the 1990s, he claimed slavery in America's South 'was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial animosity'. 'There has never been a multiracial society which has existed with such mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world,' he wrote. 'The credit for this must go to the predominance of Christianity. 'In spite of the evils contained in the system, we cannot overlook the benefits of slavery for both blacks and whites. 'Slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races that we believe we can say has never existed in any nation before the War or since.' The 'war' in question, of course, being the American Civil War. Writing in 2020, Mr Wilson conceded there had been 'abuses' under slavery, but insisted 'the benevolent master is not a myth'. Mr Hegseth. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP In the clip Mr Hegseth shared, CNN interviewed a few members of Mr Wilson's church, such as Josh and Amy Prince, who travelled across the US to join. 'He is the head of our household, yes, and I do submit to him,' Amy Prince said of Josh. Toby Sumpter, a pastor, said that 'in my idea society, we would vote as households', with the father ultimately deciding. 'I would ordinarily be the one that would cast the vote, but I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household,' he said. Another pastor, Jared Longshore said he would support repealing the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, passed in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. And Mr Wilson said that 'yep', he would like to go back to the era when 'sodomoy' was illegal in the United States. 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm not a fascist, I'm not a racist, I'm not a misogynist,' he said. 'I'd like to see the town be a Christian town. I'd like to see the state be a Christian state. I'd like to see the nation be a Christian nation. I'd like to see the world be a Christian world. 'Every society is theocratic. The only question is whose 'theo'. In a secular society, it would be deimos, the people. In a Christian republic it would be Christ.' Originally published as Head of US military approvingly shares views of pastor who thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote
The Australian
3 hours ago
- The Australian
Israeli intelligence has helped the West
Israel's furious reaction to Sir Keir's move underlines one of the disadvantages of acting hastily to recognise a non-existent state, the future of which is up in the air, without borders or leadership, in defiance of a longstanding democratic ally. In recent years Israeli intelligence has given crucial help to Britain's spy agencies about Iranian-backed threats that pose as big a danger to the UK as Russia does. Mossad, Israel's highly effective spy agency, is believed to have supplied crucial information that thwarted an alleged Iranian-linked terrorist plot in London. It led to two of the largest counter-terror raids in Britain in recent years, when five men were arrested in connection to an alleged plan to target the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London, The Times reports. In Australia in February 2018, Peter Dutton, the Coalition government's home affairs minister, thanked Israeli authorities for an intelligence tip-off that helped police stop a terrorist plot to blow up an Etihad Airways flight leaving Sydney bound for Abu Dhabi in July 2017. The plot involved smuggling a bomb inside a meat grinder on to the plane. 'This Etihad flight was almost blown out of the sky and it would have resulted in hundreds of people losing their lives, so we are very grateful for the assistance Israel provided in that matter,' Mr Dutton said. Israel's intelligence gathering had 'enormous' capacity, he said, and its relationship with ASIO and the Australian Federal Police was important. It should not be taken lightly. And the news on Friday that the Israeli cabinet has ratified Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial and risky plan to occupy Gaza for about five months does not negate the folly of Western nations' moving towards recognising a Palestinian state prematurely. Mr Netanyahu's plan involves evacuating Gaza City and sending a million people into temporary humanitarian facilities to be set up by Israel further south. Mr Albanese has said Australian recognition would be dependent on several conditions, namely that Hamas had no role in a future Palestinian government and that a Palestinian state would not pose a security risk to Israel. Yet, as Greg Sheridan writes in Inquirer, 'those conditions mean a resolution of all the final status issues, in which case Australian recognition wouldn't come until a peace deal was signed between Israel and Palestine'. Hamas's triumphalist response to Britain's plan to recognise a non-existent Palestinian state – claiming 'the fruits of October 7' had been vindicated – shows the terror group is not planning to go away, despite being heavily depleted by Israel. And its raison d'etre is destruction of the Jewish state. Given those obstacles, and the importance of our bilateral relationship with Israel, Australia has no reason to blindly follow France, Britain and Canada at the UN General Assembly next month and push ahead with recognition of a Palestinian state. As Mr Albanese says, his government makes decisions on behalf of Australia, a sovereign nation. He has long wanted to see Israelis and Palestinians live side by side in peace and security, in a two-state solution. That major step must be taken at an optimal time, which is not now. Diminution of democratic nations' relationships, including intelligence sharing, with Israel – a stalwart of the Western alliance for 75 years, – would be a detrimental rupture for the free world.
Sky News AU
3 hours ago
- Sky News AU
Bernie Sanders embarks on national tour targeting wealth and political influence
US Senator Bernie Sanders is embarking on his tour, 'Fighting Oligarchy', across American states. This comes after the passing of US President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill. He is calling to put an end to a 'corrupt campaign finance system' in which he says, 'billionaires buy politicians'.
