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.”
I’m still laughing about ‘radical left bishop’, that’s such a paradox I can’t get over it. Utterly deranged rambling.
It isn’t if you have a clearer understanding of the faith at large and this specific denomination. The Episcopal church is one of the most progressive denominations. It wouldn’t be impossible though I know Marianne IRL and she’s not a radical.
MAGA has consistently branded the left as “radical,” to the point that they never plainly say “left” anymore. Always radical. You know, the party whose platform aligns with compassion and humanity more often than not. Radical. They’ve gaslit their constituents into believing that anything from the opposing party is unreasonable.
The radical left wants people to have access to healthcare. The radical left wants people to not be discriminated against for race, gender, sexual preference, etc. The radical left wants people to be treated like people and not sideshow freaks. The radical left wants an educated populace. The radical left wants to prevent people who are obviously dangerous from owning firearms. The radical left doesn’t want to put razor wire in the rivers on the border. The radical left doesn’t want me to store state nuclear secrets in the bathroom at my Florida clubhouse where I frequently entertain high-profile guests from adversarial nations. The radical left wants to lock up those who participated in a violent breach of our capitol and threatened the lives of Congress and our vice president and killed a police officer. The radical left wants breathable air, drinkable water, and clean energy. The radical left wants unions to negotiate fair working conditions and compensation. The radical left wants consumer protections.
These are all radical, dangerous ideas. In contrast:
The radical right wants women to be baby factories. The radical right wants dangerous people to own firearms. The radical right wants to limit access to education. The radical right wants to silence the free press. The radical right wants the police to kill with impunity. The radical right wants corporations to be free to poison our skies and waterways. The radical right wants to destroy our foothold in the growing clean energy sector. The radical right wants mega corporations to be free to fuck consumers sideways. The radical right wants to dissolve unions (except the police unions, those can stay).
See the difference?
bernie had it soooo right. watch any of his “radical” speaches and you see how deftly he disarms that bullshit.
Fascists don’t worry about making sense. Violence is always available to them, and that’s all they want you to know.
Radical left Episcopalian bishop, no less. Some of them are progressive, but they’re mostly a middle-of-the-road bunch.
I don’t know for America, but here in Europe pastors from non-evangelical Protestant churches are generally more leftist than most citizens and parishioners.
In the USA many non-denominational churches have roots in the Southern Baptist convention which historically is extremely racist and problematic. Many of those parishioners carry the same views as their ancestors. Most of the really messed up stuff you see “Christians” pushing for in the USA are non-denominational Christians.
Yeah, I’d say that’s true in the US as well. But I wouldn’t characterize most of them as radical, except maybe one or two branches of the Quakers. Those people I respect. They walk the walk. I’ve known many (the next town to where I grew up had a big Quaker population) and I’ve seen a lot of them at demonstrations, food banks and various direct actions.
Oh I know some of them have pretty progressive or even leftist views, my hometown pastor was a very liberal, gay man, politically active in social democratic and lgbtq groups and a long time family friend, although we’re atheists. And he wouldn’t brand himself a radical leftist by far.
I’m European myself and radical left still means something different here. I mean for a lot of Americans anything in the slightest social or liberal automatically is radical leftist communism.
Oh you’re right I don’t know a lot of true left-radical pastors, and the few I know never were elected to positions like bishop (or equivalent, most Protestant churches don’t use that name).