'I was outraged that he felt that he had the license to do that, and that he would abuse our sacred symbols and our sacred space in that way,' Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde said of President Trump holding up a bible outside St. John's Church.
Police gather to remove demonstrators from the area around Lafayette Park and the White House before President Trump's walk to St. John's Church.Police gather to remove demonstrators from the area around Lafayette Park and the White House before President Trump's walk to St. John's Church.The plaza between St. John's Church and Lafayette Park was full of people nonviolently protesting police brutality late Monday afternoon when U.S.
"There was no reaching out, no sense that it would require some sort of authorization before using the church as a backdrop in that way," said The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, with oversight responsibilities for the church. The Bible teaches us to love God and our neighbor; that all people are beloved children of God; that we are to do justice and love kindness. The President used our sacred text as a symbol of division.The church has long been known for its support of social justice causes, and in the hours before the president showed up, clergy and lay volunteers had been ministering to the protesters in the plaza.
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