This week, the Bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce it in full
We’ve all seen the clip of the last few grafs of Budde’s speech, but this is the full text, and it’s outstanding. This is the sort of rational, reasoned discourse so crucial to an enlightened society. I am not religious but stand in awe of the quality of her persuasive prose.
She would have made quite the columnist had she decided not to help others even more broadly.
not religious either, but this touches on the most elemental parts of everyones humanity. well worth the time to read and share. thank you for posting.
If you want to experience it again, I found the video. This is “I Have a Dream” level shit. And it impresses me that she refers to recent events, because this was either a while in the making or she was just in the flow zone writers can get into when inspired.
Frankly, if these were the Christian teachings being followed, we’d have a wildly different society. She stood there for 15 minutes and did the only thing a reasonable person does with a pulpit: speak truth to power with compassion.
I promise this will turn out to be remembered if we still have books after the world burns.
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not religious either, but this touches on the most elemental parts of everyones humanity. well worth the time to read and share. thank you for posting.
If you want to experience it again, I found the video. This is “I Have a Dream” level shit. And it impresses me that she refers to recent events, because this was either a while in the making or she was just in the flow zone writers can get into when inspired.
Frankly, if these were the Christian teachings being followed, we’d have a wildly different society. She stood there for 15 minutes and did the only thing a reasonable person does with a pulpit: speak truth to power with compassion.
I promise this will turn out to be remembered if we still have books after the world burns.
I also thought I was witnessing history when I watched it. It was such a heartfelt message given.
When cameras cut to Trump rolling his eyes and his goons’ different expressions, it was kind of insane.
I hope it’s something people look back on and learn from.