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These Pastors Say Women Shouldn’t Be “Unsupervised” on Social Media
American fundamentalism goes full-on “Handmaid's Tale”
Do you ever reach a point where you find it hard to tell truth from fiction?
I think I officially reached that stage when a story grabbed my attention earlier this week about two pastors from Refuge Church in Ogden, Utah.
I read it and reread it, genuinely wondering whether this was a…ummm… “refuge” (sorry) from one of the several excellent Christian parody sites that have sprung up online.
But no! I did my research, and this really is a factual story.
Honestly, I hadn’t expected cute goat videos to feature in a discussion about the future shape of Christianity. But here we are.
I guess truth really is stranger than fiction, eh?
Yes, this week, I really did read about a pastor who believes a man should supervise women's social media.
Read that again. This really is a view some Christians hold in 2026.
Apparently, an adult woman encountering other people’s opinions without male assistance is a situation requiring urgent theological intervention.
