Right Wing Watch, an online publication of the non-profit advocacy group People For, reports that Austin, TX-based Pastor Joel Webbon is advocating public execution of women who falsely report being sexually assaulted, adding that a few such killings would quickly put an end to the #MeToo movement.
Webbon made his comments in a recent sermon he preached at Covenant Bible Church, now archived by People For.
Covenant, which meets at an Austin-area roadhouse, is an independent Christian Nationalist church that advocates general equity theonomy. This doctrine holds that the civil provisions of Mosaic law apply to government today. As a result, Covenant opposes “wokeism,” gender equality, and marriage equality while advocating for the death penalty and legislation that would recognize Jesus as Lord and Savior.
One of the church’s specific beliefs is that persons who make a false criminal report — already illegal throughout the US — face the same consequences as someone would face when convicted for the crime at issue. However, no jurisdiction imposes the death penalty for sexual assault.
In addition to his misogynistic comments, Webbon is the executive director of Right Response Ministries, a Christian Nationalist organization that advocates for a theocratic dictatorship, legislation that would force all US citizens to be Christians and second-class citizenship for non-protestants. Thus, we infer that members of the Episcopal Church, which purports to be both Catholic and Protestant, would lose full citizenship, particularly in light of the denomination’s support for reproductive freedom, marriage equality, and LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Webbon reportedly maintains ties to unabashed Christian Nationalist and former Trump administration official William Wolfe. Wolfe served under Trump as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon and a Director of Legislative Affairs at the Department of State.
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