Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has once again defied his critics after it was revealed that a couple of days ago he invited Doug Wilson, a controversial pastor, to preach at the Pentagon.

Since May of last year, the former television host Chosen by President Donald Trump to fill one of the most important positions in his cabinet, he implemented a monthly series of Christian worship services. As part of this, at the Department of Defense (DoD) facilities, Doug Wilson delivered a 15-minute sermon on Tuesday, which was broadcast live on the Pentagon's internal television network. “God can do whatever He wants, and as we should already know, He likes to take the most unexpected materials and make something glorious out of them. Take a prayer meeting at the Pentagon, for example. Very strange things have happened. God is great,” the Christian nationalist pastor told an audience packed with military personnel. In fact, a DoD social media account posted a photograph showing Pete Hegseth praying with his hand on the shoulder of the Maryland-born theologian. The controversial aspect of inviting him to lead the religious service is that it breaks with the tradition of separating Church and State. State.

Furthermore, some of the ideas professed by the 72-year-old pastor go against freedom and diversity, as he believes that homosexuality should be considered a crime and that women should submit to their husbands.

Likewise, Doug Wilson proposes that the Nineteenth Amendment, which grants women the right to vote, should be repealed.

However, thanks to the support of such an important figure as Pete Hegseth, the pastor in question managed to open a church in Washington, DC, which is attended by the Secretary of Defense and his family.

Through a message shared on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Fred Wellman, an Army veteran running for Congress in Missouri,He accuses Pete Hegseth of trying to impose his religion on the military. “This is an unconstitutional and extreme attack on the First Amendment, which Congress has not controlled at all. Hegseth is using his official position to make his religion the official religion of the Department of Defense, using official facilities, communication channels, and personnel. This must stop and be investigated,” he wrote.