What Does Doug Wilson Believe?

Theocracy & Civil Law

Cites the Biblical Law for Stoning Non-Virgin Brides to Explain a Father’s Duty to Guard His Children’s Sexual Purity

A father is responsible for the sexual purity of his children.

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 1999, from Federal Husband, cited to the source.

Children must also respect the romantic responsibilities of their parents with regard to the child’s interests—“But if … evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman, then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones” (Deut. 22:20–21). A father is responsible for the sexual purity of his children.

— Douglas Wilson, Federal Husband, Canon Press, 1999, Section Four: “Disciplining Discipline”