Mr #Trump could learn from
#Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde re empathy, analysis & human relationships. Human beings can disagree yet don't need 2 resort to vicious thoughtless outbursts. It is often by perceptive & perspicacious questioning that human beings reach meaningful solutions. https://shorturl.at/xMgDE

The Independent · Jan 23The ‘nasty’ bishop is not alone – and Trump should brace for more episcopal fireworks By Catherine Pepinster

**Yazad** @yazad3@techhub.social · Jan 25

Jan 25

Yazad @yazad3@techhub.social

Did you know that for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized, and when Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral. She co-officiated the service that welcomed Matthew to a forever home in the church and told the gathering, "20 years of mourning was not enough someone who is loved. Nor can 20 yea heal the grief of such a loss."

#bishop #mathewshephard #lgbt

**Tony x8** @kongakong@masto.ai · Jan 24 *

Jan 24 *

Tony x8 @kongakong@masto.ai

Internet meme stuff.

#bishop
#sermon

First frame is a picture of pastor Mariann Edgar Budde, who in the traditional inaugural prayer service implored Trump to have mercy with his constituency; followed by stills of the intro of Good Omens (with gender-adjusted text):
Aziraphale and Crowley watching Jesus' crucifixion from a distance.
Crowley: What was it she said that got everyone so upset?
Aziraphale: "Be kind to each other."
Crowley: Oh, yeah. That'll do it.

**SoloRunStudio** @SoloRunStudio@dice.camp · Jan 24

Jan 24

SoloRunStudio @SoloRunStudio@dice.camp

Trump's furious because as a Bishop, Budde can move as far she wants diagonally, but as a Russian pawn he can only move one square at a time.

#meme #chess #Bishop

**Julie Hodgson ️** @redragdolly@mstdn.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

Julie Hodgson ️ @redragdolly@mstdn.social

#bishop takes king.

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**RTN** @raumfahrttutnot@chaos.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

RTN @raumfahrttutnot@chaos.social

@chrisstoecker #Time:
"
‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
"
https://time.com/7209222/bishop-mariann-budde-trump/

22.1.2025

Time · Jan 22‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks OutBy Brian Bennett

#Bishop #Budde #USA

**kurtsh** @kurtsh@mastodon.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

kurtsh @kurtsh@mastodon.social

TMW #Trump had to sit in front of everyone silently & listen to what Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the #Episcopal #bishop at the Washington National cathedral, had to say directly to him about "mercy" during the closing of the #InauguralPrayer.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190519/trump-bishop-inaugural-prayer

**kelleynnn** @kelleynnn@mas.to · Jan 23

Jan 23

kelleynnn @kelleynnn@mas.to

The #Christianity of #Bishop #Budde #BuddeMariannEdgar is a market competitor of #Christian Nationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism

**Erik L. Midtsveen** @midtsveen@social.linux.pizza · Jan 23

Jan 23

Erik L. Midtsveen @midtsveen@social.linux.pizza

"This Woman Is Braver Than The Entire Democrat Party": This Clip Of A Bishop Asking Trump To Have Mercy On LGBTQ+ People And Immigrants Is Going Viral

Boost visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community on the #Fediverse!

#Bishop #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

[Video] #Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde #breakssilence after #challenging #DonaldTrump during #prayer #service.

She pleaded with #DonaldTrump to show #Christian #mercy to #immigrants and members of the #LGBT+ #community.

https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/trump-bishop-mariann-budde-cnn-interview-b2684116.html

The Independent · Jan 22Bishop Mariann Budde breaks silence after challenging Donald Trump during prayer serviceBy Lucy Leeson

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23 *

Jan 23 *

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

#Livid #DonaldTrump #demands #apology over #bishop's 'nasty' #NationalPrayerService #sermon.

He called Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde’s sermon “#nasty in #tone," said she wasn’t good at her #job, and #claimed that “she and her #church owe the #public an #apology.”

https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-demands-apology-bishop-sermon

Advocate.com · Jan 22Trump demands bishop’s apology for ’nasty’ sermonBy Christopher Wiggins

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

Trump’s #angry #response to a #viral #sermon should #worry all #Christians.

#Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde's #words reflect the #values held by a majority of #American #Christians — a fact that Trump’s #divisive #rhetoric seeks to #obscure.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764

MSNBC · Jan 22Trump's response to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon should worry all ChristiansBy Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

#Trump calls #bishop who bravely asked him to #showmercy to #LGBTQ+ #children and #immigrants ‘#nasty’

#Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde fearlessly #callsout #Trump and #ShadyVance to their faces. This is #heroic.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/22/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde/

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · Jan 22Trump calls bishop who bravely asked him to show mercy to LGBTQ+ children and immigrants ‘nasty’By Chantelle Billson

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

The Most #Remarkable Part of the #Video of a #Bishop #Confronting the #Trump #Family.

Noting how he had told the #nation during his #swearingin that he had “felt the providential hand of a loving #God,” by virtue of his #surviving two #assassination #attempts, Budde invoked the #compassion and #mercy of God as she called on Trump “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are #scared now.”