A pastor's sermons on social justice causes conflict among congregation

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

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Schools, corporations, even churches, are wrestling with how to approach issues of racial and social justice in a highly polarized U.S. But what happens when people with shared political views disagree on how much is too much? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country.
0:08.1	We're scared now.
0:10.1	There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in democratic, Republican, and independent families.
0:19.7	Some who fear for their lives.
0:22.3	That's Episcopal Bishop Marianne Buddy, giving a sermon at Washington National Cathedral
0:27.2	earlier this month.
0:28.9	This was at an interfaith service held the day after the second inauguration of President
0:33.7	Donald Trump.
0:35.0	In her sermon, she spoke directly to the president, who was seated
0:38.9	up front with Vice President J.D. Vance and their families. Bishop Buddy went on to talk about
0:44.0	immigrants who may be at risk of deportation under new Trump policies.
0:47.7	I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear
0:52.8	that their parents will be taken away.
0:54.7	Reactions to her sermon lit up social media and national news outlets. The backlash from
1:00.4	Trump supporters was immediate and intense. Lorenzo Sewell is the pastor of Detroit's non-denominational
1:06.9	180 church, and he spoke at the Republican National Convention.
1:14.0	He attended that sermon and shared his outrage on Fox News. I cannot believe that she would use that moment to speak a demonic message
1:19.0	as if she was using the Bible.
1:21.3	She used her platform to practice theological male practice.
1:26.7	It was horrible.
1:27.5	It was the worst message I've ever been in in my life.
1:31.7	Consider this.
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