Posted on 01/22/2025 8:34:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, said Wednesday that she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon.
“I don’t consider him an enemy,” Budde told The Associated Press.
“I believe we can disagree respectfully and put our ideas out there and continue to stand for the convictions we’ve been given without resorting to violence of speech.”
Budde made a direct appeal to Trump during a post-Inauguration prayer service he attended on Tuesday, asking him to show mercy to members of the LGBTQ+ community and migrants who are in the country illegally.
Trump called Budde a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” on his Truth Social site on Wednesday.
“Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job!” he posted after midnight. “She and her church owe the public an apology!”
Referencing Trump’s belief that he was saved by God from assassination, Budde preached, “You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.”
As the president looked on, Budde said, “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.”
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Good for you….we are living our nightmare thank you very much!
Good for you!
Everyone has a story. There are good and bad people…some are male and some are female. My contest is your assumption that divorce courts favor only the Mom…that is not true, at least here in Orange County, California.
You shared your story, I shared mine.
It is you who chose to take offense.
No, I take offense that you look at women as opportunists stealing the money from men. Same can be said the other direction.
Take offense all you want if it makes you feel superior.
I don’t feel superior to you or anyone. Why would you think that?
That was no sermon. It was a political harangue delivered from a pulpit by a (she)wolf wearing sheep’s clothing.
Greg Gutfeld called her a fraud, an activist who is using the church as a shield for her activism.
Just like Jim Jones.
No one should go to any church that doesn’t study and preach the Bible.
Who does she think she is praying to?
It sure ain’t God.
Who does she pray to, Beelzebub?
Pray for yourself, you self-righteous, leftist scumbag.
Oh dear Lord, I thought when she asked him for mercy, she was going to do it on behalf of illegal aliens. Nope, she had the demonic chutzpah to in the name of God, associate “mercy” with lopping the balls of little boys. Not a well-meaning, misdirected Christian, but a Satan-inspired pervert.
I’m sure her “prayers for Trump” will include a pentagram, a black hooded cape, candles and the blood of sacrificed babies.
It is an intentional insult, meant as an insult, not a statement of fact. Anyway, the existence of children and a spouse and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive.
Your headline is left..
SHE lashed out at the President.. she was out of place and had no reason to attack Trump.
It was soo uncalled for..
have to say she is a typical lesbian who has no boundaries in rude.
People who require the word “Honorable” or “Right” in front of their name are anything BUT. They are so the reverse they think tacking it on in front of their name helps. It doesn’t.
I pray for her to just go away and repent.
Probably praying for his painful death.
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