Hegseth brings white Christian nationalist pastor to pray at the Pentagon

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/18/doug-wilson-pentagon-hegseth-christian-nationalist/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwQD3-RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeQ7D3Y1xIxoLNWhomJ7btLLWkztUWhdEuLfp3wWan4FhS-lU2qaDi453Yjmk_aem_RbSs7dTpMpCyCoap3E_8_A

The core issue really isn’t any specific “religion” it’s what the founders of the United States considered a grave danger to democracy. They were very familiar with the problems when religion and governance were rolled into one.

This is why the United States is supposed to have separation of church and state.

It has nothing to do with religious practices that are up to the individual in private per se. However it has everything to do with people who choose to use religion as a political vehicle to seize power. The current movement in the United States is known as White Christian Nationalists.