Summary
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop at the Washington National Cathedral, directly confronted Donald Trump during his inaugural prayer service, urging him to show compassion for marginalized groups.
She criticized his policies on LGBTQ rights, mass deportations, and immigration, calling for mercy toward undocumented immigrants and children fearing family separation.
Trump dismissed the sermon as “not too exciting,” while his supporters condemned Budde’s remarks as inappropriate.
Budde’s bold address marked the first public challenge to Trump’s agenda during his second term.
I think it is a big step forward that the president of an enlightened state no longer places the authority of the church above his own.
How do we reconcile that with Trump’s ambassador arguing that Israel has a “biblical right” to the West Bank? There’s no consistency of principle here, except for the principle of “whatever suits us”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/trumps-un-ambassador-pick-says-israel-has-biblical-right-to-west-bank
It reconciles because they’re fascists. A core tenet of the ideology is being contradictory whenever it suits you
Except he panders to the church as it suits him.
Shoving protest crowds aside so you can awkwardly take a picture with a Bible in front of a church.
Claiming Israel has a divine right to Palestinian land.
But discards the significance and teachings of the church as it suits him. Shouldn’t have it both ways.
Ngl I kinda want to throw this in the faces of the fundie branch of my extended family