Pete Hegseth just took his personal crusade to a new level | Arwa Mahdawi

GENUINELY WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY BECAUSE AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS FURIOUS AND HONESTLY I DO NOT BLAME THEM AT ALL! THEY ARE SUING THE PENTAGON OVER WORSHIP SERVICES AND NOW DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH JUST ANNOUNCED A WHOLE NEW OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING DIRECTLY TO HIM, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE SAYS THE MILITARY IS PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, AND THE PENTAGON SAYS NOBODY IS BEING FORCED TO PARTICIPATE BUT HE ALREADY RUNS MONTHLY PRAYER SERVICES WHERE HE BLENDS PULP FICTION WITH SCRIPTURE AND PRAYS FOR OVERWHELMING VIOLENCE OF ACTION AGAINST ENEMIES, AND THE ARTICLE SAYS HE EVEN BROUGHT IN AN EXTREMIST PASTOR WHO DOES NOT THINK WOMEN SHOULD VOTE TO LEAD A SERVICE, SO ADVOCATES SAY HE IS PUSHING A LITERAL CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST AGENDA ON THE ENTIRE ARMED FORCES. ANYWAY I AM FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

OK IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THIS, FIRST HE JOINS AN EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN 2018 AND THEN DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH STARTS RUNNING MONTHLY WORSHIP SERVICES AT THE DAMN PENTAGON, AND IN FEBRUARY HE LITERALLY BRINGS IN THIS EXTREMIST PASTOR WHO SAYS WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, AND NOW THIS WEEK HE CREATES AN ACTUAL BRAND NEW OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO HIMSELF! AND THE THING IS HE SAYS THE MILITARY IS PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE ALREADY SUING THEM AND SAYING HE IS ADVANCING A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST AGENDA ACROSS THE ARMED FORCES, EVEN THOUGH THE PENTAGON INSISTS NOBODY IS BEING COMPELLED TO PARTICIPATE, BUT YOU CANNOT JUST SIT THERE AND TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL! RIGHT I AM GOING TO THE SMOKING AREA, COME.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has created a new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs, drawing sharp criticism from church-state separation advocates.

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