Best Supporting Actress · Episode 9 of 10 · 12 min
One Vote per Household — Coverture Returns
Pastor Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho said, "In my ideal society, we would vote as households, and I would ordinarily be the one that would cast the vote." The episode follows his project, the amplification chain to the Pentagon, and the nineteenth-century doctrine of coverture walking back into American politics, with every quote attributed.
Who's who
- Douglas WilsonPastor of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho; co-founder of the CREC
- Toby SumpterMoscow pastor who co-spoke at the April 2026 town hall
- Jared LongshoreNew Saint Andrews dean and planting pastor of Christ Church D.C.
- Pete Hegseth+9 more episodesU.S. Secretary of Defense and member of a CREC-affiliated church
- William Blackstone+1 more episodeEnglish jurist whose Commentaries codified coverture
- Abby JohnsonActivist who endorsed household voting in 2020
- Paul IngrassiaTrump nominee who withdrew in October 2025
Where it happens
- Moscow, Idaho+6 more episodesBase of Wilson's Christ Church, Logos School and New Saint Andrews College
- Washington, D.C.+31 more episodesChrist Church D.C. held its inaugural service near the Capitol in 2025
- The Pentagon, VirginiaWilson preached at a monthly prayer service in February 2026
Timeline
- 1765Blackstone's Commentaries describe a married woman's legal existence as suspended
- 192019th Amendment ratified, severing the household-head theory of representation
- 1998Wilson helps found the CREC denomination
- August 2025CNN profiles Wilson; Hegseth reposts the segment
- April 2026University of Idaho town hall where Wilson describes household voting
- July 2026NPR interview in which Wilson calls repealing the 19th Amendment a good idea
Still debated
How representative Wilson is remains contested: his institutions are small, but critics say influence matters more than size. Hegseth's CREC membership is documented, yet no statement of his endorsing household voting or repeal is, and no American legislature has taken up household voting.
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