Controversial pastor Dale Partridge has been slammed online over a post slamming “DEI female captain.”On July 11, 2026, Partridge shared on a now-deleted post on X:"What radicalized me today? My flight from Austin to Phoenix had a DEI female captain, two g*y male flight attendants (one barely spoke English), we had insane turbulence (people clapped when we landed), and I was surrounded by foreigners."Critics across X and other platforms accused him of sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and ingratitude, noting that his flight landed safely despite turbulence.Dale Partridge has been married to Veronica Partridge, a Mexican-American. The couple has been married for about 15 years and officially tied the knot on February 14, 2011. They live in Bend, Oregon. She is passionate about rock climbing and is also an animal lover. Dale has referred to Veronica as a “woman of wisdom.”Continue reading for more details.Everything you need to know about Dale Partridge’s familyChristian nationalist commentator and pastor Dale Partridge has been facing backlash online after slamming a “DEI female captain.” Many questioned him about his views and asked how he knew the pilot was a “DEI hire.”A user wrote:“Everyone keep in mind Dale’s wife is a DEI marriage. She’s Mexican, he says interracial marriage is wrong, he had to marry her because no other woman would let him touch her. The screams are coming from inside the house. Hypocrisy at its finest.”Another person remarked:“This Christian pastor made it safely from one city to another, but he’s still blaming the crew because.”A third noted:“Yup, that's Dale. You should ask him about his Mexican wife.”Dale Partidge is the pastor of Kingsway Church in Prescott, Arizona. He holds a Graduate Certificate from Western Seminary. He has also authored several books including The Manliness of Christ and the bestselling children’s book Jesus and My Gender. He has been outspoken about traditional male and female roles in the church.Dale Partridge met his wife when she was a 19 year old teenager and a passionate rock climber. They date and married shortly in February 2010. After welcoming their kids, Veronica served as a stay-at-home mom, homeschooling their children. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostOn his wife, Veronica Partridge’s 35th birthday in September 2024, Dale Partridge posted a tribute for her through an Instagram post. Dale shares four children with his wife and wrote in the caption:“35 looks great on Veronica! I took her to a barn dance this weekend with BBQ, wine, and the laughter of our four children.”In a Facebook post, Dale spoke on the idea of marriage and emphasized how he never got tired of being with one woman. He wrote in a since-deleted post:“Men are so worried that marriage will leave them with 'only one woman' for the rest of their lives. That's simply not true. I fell in love with a 19-year-old rock climber, married a 20-year-old animal lover, started a family with a 24-year-old mother, then built a farm with a 25-year-old homemaker, and today I'm married to a 27-year-old woman of wisdom.”Dale Partridge faced criticism earlier this year for his comments on interracial marriage, which many perceived as hypocritical. It began when fellow Christian nationalist Joel Webbon argued that interracial marriage falls outside God’s “normative design,” though not sinful. Partridge publicly sided with Webbon in a detailed post on X. He wrote:“Interracial marriage is not the ‘ideal.’ ….Now, like Joel, I do not believe it is sinful, and if providence positions two Christians from different ethnic backgrounds to unite in marriage, it can be a glorious thing (which it has been for us). However, interracial marriage does create a variety of additional hurdles in marriage and family life.”Netizens and commentators widely labeled the remarks hypocritical because Partridge praised his own marriage to Veronica.