A “conservative dad's” pin-up calendar featuring scantily clad conservative women faces resistance from conservative Christian movement leaders who say it contradicts conservative fundamentals and Biblical principles. are doing.
The calendar features Riley Gaines, Ashley St. Clair, Sara Gonzalez and seven other women in various poses and dresses, some of them provocative. The same company that released Ultra Right Beer is behind it.
“Conservative Dad's Real Women of America Calendar celebrates conservative women fighting woke extremism to protect real women,” the website says. left-wing ideologues seeking to destroy real women. According to the website, the calendar features “America's most beautiful conservative women,” including Dana Loesch, Kim Klasik, Josie the Redhead Libertarian, Katarina Rauch, Also included are Brittany Jean, Bethany Bartlett and Peyton Drew.
Author and podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey was one of the first conservatives to criticize the calendar.
“What do I say about a calendar branded for 'conservative dads' that is full of photos of women, many of them married, many of them wearing revealing clothes? You probably know what you're thinking: That's disgusting,'' she wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “I also think this statement is ridiculous, as if we all have to pretend we don’t understand the purpose of a calendar of full-length photos of posed women.
“Call me arrogant, or a puritan, or jealous of the beauty of these women, but whatever makes you feel good. Some of the photos are basically soft porn. I don't see the value in marketing something that is to married (or single) men. Of course, these women are gorgeous and I love celebrating true femininity in a time when “woman” can't be defined. I totally agree. In my view, this doesn't accomplish that at all. ”
Stuckey added that some of the models featured in the calendar are “doing great, courageous work” for conservatism. But Stuckey said she's not alone in opposing the project.
“I happen to know that there are many Christian conservatives who share the same views behind the scenes, so I wanted to give them a voice,” Stuckey wrote. “The polarization between Christians and secular conservatism will only deepen, so buckle up, everyone!”
Perhaps it's my fault that a calendar branded for “conservative dads” is full of photos of women, many of them married, many of them wearing very revealing clothing. You can guess what I'm thinking. I don't like it. I also think this argument is ridiculous. It's as if we all have to pretend we don't understand…
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) December 27, 2023
As social commentator and author Bethel McGrew writes in World Opinion magazine: column“You can't fight alien deviance with Playboy lights. You can't fight new decadence with old decadence covered in red, white, and blue.”
“The explicitly designated target is a man with a wife and possibly a daughter,” McGrew wrote. “This is something they are encouraged to hang on their walls and look at every month, all year round. To make matters worse, some of the women, including Riley Gaines, are married. It's especially disappointing to see Gaines' image used in this piece, given the costly and courageous stance she has taken in public against transgender activism. She deserves praise. She is a beautiful woman who has used her talents to set an example for little girls around the world. But the example she and the other women featured in this calendar set is anything but “conservative.” . ”
McGrew added: “Increasingly, Christian conservatism and secular 'conservatism' will have to break apart.” A surface-level shared alliance against the Awakening is not enough. ”
Columnist Rachel Del Guidice I have written “Conservatives representing pro-life, pro-family, pro-civil society movements must not provoke greed in any way, shape, or form,” the Daily Signal said.
“Women are sexually exploited to sell everything from movies to food to clothing to alcoholic beverages. Anything goes now,” she wrote. “As conservatives, we shouldn't stoop to that level.”
Denny Burke, a professor of biblical studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also criticized the calendar.
“I myself am a conservative and want conservatism to flourish in our country because I believe that conservatism is an approach to politics aimed at preserving what is permanent. “As an antidote to our cultural stagnation, we can hardly imagine anything more than a fresh jolt of the good, the true, and the beautiful.” Burke I have written In the World Opinion column. “…Christians believe that a calendar designed to stimulate the sinful desires of our fathers is in no way a quest to preserve “eternal things,” much less faithfully fulfill our duties under Christ. You have to realize that it's not something you do. The answer to gender confusion and LGBTQ affirmation on the left is not support for heterosexual immorality on the right. And, make no mistake, trying to seduce a father into taking a peek at a barely clothed woman is exactly what Jesus forbade his followers to do. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ”Matthew 5:27-28). ”
Political tribalism is steering people away from Biblical truth, Burke added.
“Nothing I've written here should be controversial to Bible-believing Christians. It's just Christianity 101, not that complicated,” he wrote. “Still, I am concerned that political tribalism is obscuring for some Christians their duties under Christ and what is so clearly written in the Bible. For some, “no enemies on the right” means public denunciations of sinners on the left and chilling philistinism against sinners on the right. This is not morally serious and is obvious hypocrisy for all to see. ”
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Michael Faust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His story was published in Baptist Press. Christianity Today, Christian Poecent, of leaf chronicle, of toronto star and of knoxville news sentinel.
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