Braeden Sorbo, the son of actor and conservative activist Kevin Sorbo, said in a recent interview that women should not have the right to vote and advocated for a voting system that effectively gives married couples a single, joint vote.
On "The Truth & Liberty Show," hosted by Richard Harris, Braeden Sorbo said many young women he knows would prefer to give up their own voting rights if it prevented liberal women from casting ballots. When Harris pressed him directly on whether he meant that women "shouldn't have the right to vote," Sorbo replied, "Yes." He added that his preferred system would be "a voting system based on Christian morals which relates to married couples having one joint vote."
Sorbo linked women's suffrage to what he described as the "moral degradation and societal downfall" of Western countries, arguing that women's political independence had contributed to abortion, feminism and a breakdown of traditional family roles. He told Harris that in his view women often "control the house and therefore control their husbands’ vote," and that restoring a joint household ballot would help "return our country to a better place." Harris responded with surprise at several points during the conversation.
A clip of the interview was shared on X by Right-Wing Watch, a monitoring project of the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way, and it drew swift pushback online. Users on X criticized Sorbo's remarks as anti-democratic and offensive; commenters called the comments regressive and said they were an attack on women's rights.
Braeden Sorbo is the son of Kevin and Sam Sorbo, both of whom have been outspoken supporters of former President Donald Trump and conservative causes. In the interview, Braeden said he has made similar statements publicly "numerous times," and framed his position as part of a broader argument that society should be ordered around Christian moral principles and traditional family structures.
Legal and historical scholars note that women's suffrage in the United States is enshrined in the Constitution through the 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, which prohibits states and the federal government from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex. Proposals to strip or restrict voting rights on the basis of gender would face substantial constitutional, legal and political hurdles.
Advocacy organizations and political leaders have repeatedly defended voting rights in recent years as a foundational democratic principle. Restrictions on who may vote in the United States have typically been challenged in court, and attempts to impose voting limitations tied to religion, marital status or sex would likely prompt legal challenges.
The remarks add to a broader debate about gender, religion and politics within conservative movements, where some voices argue for a return to traditional social roles while others emphasize expanding political participation and rights. Sorbo's comments are the most recent in a series of public statements from members of conservative circles pushing for policy and cultural changes aligned with Christian conservative values.
Representatives for Braeden Sorbo and for Kevin and Sam Sorbo did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Right-Wing Watch did not immediately reply to a request for additional comment about the timing of its post.
The exchange aired amid ongoing national conversations about voting rights, gender equality and the role of religion in public life. Legal protections for the franchise remain a central tenet of U.S. democracy, and proposals to limit voting eligibility have drawn scrutiny from civil rights groups and some lawmakers across the political spectrum.