What Hegseth And Queen Isabella (1450-1504) Have In Common March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 But first . . . SATURDAY! I’m excited about what promises to be the largest protest in American history. I went to NO KINGS and NO KINGS 2 with one friend. Tomorrow: four. If all 7 million of us from the last one add, on average, just one more . . . imagine! So I repeat: You’re not a protester? Neither was I. Hate crowds? Me, too. But this is easy and fun . . . and you can always just stand on the edge of it all and leave whenever you want. No sign? No problem. You’ll be welcome without one. Or just write WE’RE BETTER THAN THIS on a piece of cardboard. Or bring an American flag. Or: SO BAD, EVEN THE INTROVERTS ARE HERE. Find directions to your totally peaceful, joyful protest here (scroll down to see the map). And now . . . JESUS AGAIN Pete Hegseth presides over monthly “Christian Prayer and Worship Services” at the Pentagon Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric has drawn renewed scrutiny, including his past defense of the Crusades, the brutal medieval wars that pitted Christians against Muslims. Hegseth belongs to the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative network co-founded by the self-described Christian nationalist Doug Wilson. CREC pastors have appeared at Hegseth’s Pentagon services at least three times, including Wilson who preached there in February. Hegseth often goes beyond standard calls for God to bless the country or its troops. Last week, he asked Americans to pray for service members “in the name of Jesus Christ.” On Wednesday, he again prayed in Jesus’ name. Which brings us back to John Fugelsang’s Separation of Church and Hate, the book I’ve been excerpting all week. I just listened to Chapter 6, the “gay” chapter. So fun. So much I didn’t know! (And, heck, I wrote a chapter of my own about this — Chapter 21 — and, I now see, barely scratched the surface.) He starts his chapter with a quote from Jerry Falwell: “Homosexuals are brute beasts… part of a vile and satanic system that will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.” I started mine with a quote from Queen Isabella: “I have caused great calamities. I have depopulated provinces and kingdoms. But I did it for the love of Christ and His Holy Mother.” . . . and made the case that Jesus — whom I much admire — was the best little boy in the history of the world. My favorite Fugelsang line: BEING gay is natural; HATING gay is a lifestyle choice. And unlike being gay, homophobia is highly curable. Also: Any guy who tells you same-sex attraction is a “choice” to be resisted probably has some experience resisting it. Mainly, though, he offers a fascinating, rigorous explication, chapter and verse, that leaves zero doubt that Jesus — booed off the MAGA stage, as suggested yesterday — would have been all in for equal rights. OH, AND WAIT . . . Any word on those Epstein Files? That could be your sign tomorrow: WHAT ABOUT EPSTEIN?