Bishop Budde Gives Sermon to President Trump, Pleads for LGBTQ Rights & Safety for Immigrants (Video)
Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, delivered a plea to President Donald Trump while giving a sermon at the Service of Prayer for the Nation.
Budde directly addressed Trump while he sat in the front row with wife Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and second lady Usha Vance on Tuesday morning (January 21) at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
At the end of her sermon, Budde addressed Trump‘s own remarks that he was “saved by God” to be the president again.
“Millions have put their trust in you. As you told the nation yesterday, 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,” she said. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in both Democratic, Republican and independent families. Some who fear for their lives.”
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She continued, “The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens, or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes, and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches, mosques and synagogues, gurdwara and temples.”
“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here,” Budde said.
It doesn’t seem the message went over well with Trump as he criticized the service in comments to the press.
He told a reporter, “Not too exciting was it. I didn’t think it was a good service. They could do much better.”