Inaugural ceremonies for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance continued Tuesday, with both men sitting at the National Cathedral for an “interfaith” prayer service. But while most of the speakers did well, one Episcopal “bishop” decided to fulfill the far left’s wildest dreams by sending a woke tangent to the president.
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During Mariann Budde’s “sermon,” she railed against “transgender children” and called on Trump to have “mercy” on those who are “afraid” of his administration, including those who “harvest our harvest.” Here are the last few minutes of what she said.
BUDDE: Please let me say one last word, Mr. President. Millions have placed their trust in you and, as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the divine hand of Providence. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people of our country who are now afraid. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as Democratic, Independent and Republican families, some of whom fear for their lives.
I won’t go into too much detail about how far off track the Episcopalian Church has gone, but if you’re familiar with politics, none of this will surprise you. Clips in which predominantly female “clergy” represent left-wing ideology have become commonplace on the Internet. Far from preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, they have turned Christianity into a vessel for their universalistic, hedonistic politics, with a particular focus on LGBT issues.
In tiny, it is heresy. Figures like Budde have taken the Word of God and cast it aside in favor of a secular ideology that happens to directly align with their selfish political desires. This is not Christianity. It is idolatry that preserves sin and guides people away of the transforming power of the gospel.
Budde continued with the racist and xenophobic generalization that immigrants “pick our crops” and “wash the dishes.”
BUDDE: And the people who pick our crops and tidy our office buildings, who work in poultry farms and meat processing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, they may not be citizens or have the right to documentation, but the expansive majority are of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are committed members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, [?]and temples.
I ask you, Mr. President, to show mercy and welcome to those in our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken away from them, and to support those fleeing war zones and persecution in their own countries to find. Our God teaches us to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love, and to walk humbly with one another and with our God for the good of all people, for the good of all people in this nation and the world.
I know leftists can’t understand this, but Hispanics are suited for more than just doing menial jobs that wealthy, white Episcopal “women” don’t want to do. Nevertheless, the fact that some illegal immigrants do low-skilled work does not mean that a country’s laws are invalid, nor is it justified to break them. God teaches us to be merciful toward others in our individual lives. He doesn’t teach blatantly breaking the law.
Still, JD Vance wasn’t exactly thrilled with the talk. Watch his facial expressions.
Of course, as expected, Donald Trump was a little more blunt.
The honesty is refreshing. Budde did not call for earnest and heartfelt prayer for the nation. She was giving a political parody, and a bad one at that. I understand the hesitation to question those who claim to be representatives of their faith, and I often share it, but it is okay to speak truthfully about those who actively manipulate Christianity for their own selfish purposes. The gospel is not about converting children or violating immigration laws. It is about the grace of God saving us from our sin, not about forcing us further into it out of a misguided idea of universalistic “love.”
