If a man's going to wrap himself in church trappings and issue his own Bible to get his material ends he can expect to be spoken to by Bishops. If it was good enough for Charlemagne it's good enough for the likes of him.

#Trump

@flyhigh @GreenRoc Choose, if you will, to scoff at what this person said because she believes in God.

A lot of us do not have the luxury of that kind of purism and scoffing, and we welcome her statements and her reference to her sincere faith grounding those statements — and we recognize that we need to band together in the face of an extraordinary threat and not attack each other,.

You mean, this church, and this bishop - where protesters were tear gassed?

npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/t…

@CatHerder

I don't know, I'm seeing some black people posting today that we shouldn't be laughing, that the buffoonery is just so we take it all less seriously than we should.

I tend to think it's a matter of good satire that makes it even clearer what's happening though. And if we can't make tyrants feel like idiots for what they're doing then they just push further and further anyway.

I mean the moronic hatred of immigrants when they're all married to them? Come on.

This was beautiful, and a testament to what it means to have actual religious guidance, from someone who is every bit an actual Christian.

Not religious, but I am very impressed.

"It took the courage of one woman to change the conversation around Donald Trump."

~ Melissa Ryan

And to those coming to this thread to scoff and laugh because this courageous woman speaks out of her religious conviction, let me say one thing:

We see you. We see how you amplify Trump by laughing at the courage of a woman speaking up against him.

And we won't forget.

#BishopBudde #Trump #mercy #bible #immigrants #migrants #LGBTQ #courage #witness
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One voice begging for mercy

In recognition of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and her courage.

^{Melissa Ryan (Ctrl Alt Right Delete)}

"The clip went viral online and made the front page of multiple news sites. It changed the conversation from Trump’s shock and awe to the people and communities who are now in harm’s way. It was a reminder of what courage looks like. Something we haven’t seen much of since Trump’s election in November."

#BishopBudde #Trump #mercy #bible #immigrants #migrants #LGBTQ #courage #witness
/16

who cares about your fucking heresy church?

why the fuck is this cunt speaking?

stfu !

Timothy 2:12: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet."

Corinthians 14:34-35: "Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church."

As Melissa Ryan says, the courage Mariann Budde shows is something we haven't seen much since Trump's election.

We have not seen it from corporate media. We won't see it there.

We won't see it from business elites — far from it.

We won't this kind of courage among the 80% of white evangelicals and 60% of white Catholics who voted for Trump, or from most leaders in that sector of US Christianity.

#BishopBudde #Trump #mercy #bible #immigrants #migrants #LGBTQ #courage #witness
/17

My spouse has spent time this morning talking to people working within Catholic immigration services for which he has written grants. They tell him there's anguish among religious groups working to protect immigrants. They know what's coming.

But as I noted, even knowing this was coming, 60% of white Catholics still voted for Trump — voted for him BECAUSE they knew this was coming.

#BishopBudde #Trump #mercy #bible #immigrants #migrants #LGBTQ #courage #witness
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@CanadianCrone Long ago, I learned from many African-American friends and colleagues that if I let them rob me of hope, I let them take my soul.

I refuse to do that.

@CanadianCrone Long ago, I learned from many African-American friends and colleagues that if I let them rob me of hope, I let them take my soul.

I refuse to do that.

I like to imagine how the sermon would have been received by Jimmy Carter.

But we see scolding from people whose compassion is cowardly, whose charity is biased, and whose humility is pure hypocrisy.

@flyhigh @GreenRoc No, I think the question that remains is why you defend Donald Trump by seeking to discredit and attacking one of the few people to have spoken out publicly to his face?

I'm not a follower of Donald Trump. But you do you, please.