'I Am Not Going to Apologize': Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
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In an interview with TIME, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde discussed her sermon, which has drawn death threats and prompted Trump to demand an apology

Summary

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde refused to apologize after delivering a sermon at the National Cathedral that criticized Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ and immigration policies, calling for compassion and mercy for marginalized groups.

Trump responded by attacking Budde on Truth Social, labeling her a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater.”

Budde, known for prior criticism of Trump, said she stands by her message and has received both support and threats.

She emphasized the need for dignity and respect in public discourse to counter the “culture of contempt.”

  • Alk
    992·
    6 hours ago

    Unironically, Jesus was radical left in many ways. Many Christians do not like to confront those aspects of the bible.

    Let criminals into your home. Give them shelter and food. Give all of your money to charity. If someone harms you, turn the other cheek. Feed the poor before yourself. Brutally whip greedy wealthy people. Those are just some fun examples.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
      18·
      4 hours ago

      If someone harms you, turn the other cheek.

      This is a bit of an aside, but the “turn the other cheek” passage from the bible is interpreted in multiple ways. My favorite is:

      The scholar Walter Wink, in his book Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination, interprets the passage as ways to subvert the power structures of the time.[3] At the time of Jesus, says Wink, striking backhand a person deemed to be of lower socioeconomic class was a means of asserting authority and dominance. If the persecuted person “turned the other cheek,” the discipliner was faced with a dilemma: the left hand was used for unclean purposes, so a back-hand strike on the opposite cheek would not be performed. An alternative would be a slap with the open hand as a challenge or to punch the person, but this was seen as a statement of equality. Thus, by turning the other cheek, the persecuted was demanding equality.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_the_other_cheek

      • Zahille7@lemmy.world
        1·
        54 seconds ago

        So it’s kind of like a pre-medieval gentlemanly way of saying “let’s take this outside”?

    • foofiepie@lemmy.world
      9·
      4 hours ago

      “And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭44‬-‭47‬ ‭ESV‬‬

      Sounds pretty radically left to me.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        5·
        1 hour ago

        And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

        Huh, sounds vaguely familiar… Something like, “from each, according to their ability, to which according to their need”?

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Except for brutally whipping greedy people, I don’t think any of that is radical at all.

    • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
      181·
      5 hours ago

      It’s what MLK did so well, and honestly, this is the first step to breaking the GOPs monopoly on religion and the Southern Strategy.