People have different opinions about women 'in the pulpit'. [=as priests or church leaders; in the priesthood]
The war crimes were denounced 'from the pulpit'. [=by priests and church leaders]
She uses her position as a famous actress as a 'bully pulpit'.
(..) Not just what it bodes for the future of women in the Navy, but your future as well. Do you expect to take criticism for using this confirmation hearing... as a pulpit for women's rights? Look, nearly one-quarter of all jobs in the U.S. Military... are still to this day off-limits (..)1997 G.I. Jane