Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde just pleaded for mercy. Trump couldn't handle it. | Letters
The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue: Bishop Mariann Budde's sermon addressing Trump.
In asking Trump to show mercy, Bishop Budde continues a long tradition of Christian leaders ‘speaking truth to power’
A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death.
Bishop who called on Trump to show mercy: ‘I have had people wish me dead’
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said this week she has had “people wish me dead” after she called on President Trump to “have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now” during an inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral.
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GOP attacks bishop for telling Trump to 'have mercy.' Don't tell them about Jesus. | Opinion
I can't believe a so-called 'bishop' would stand up in church and ask President Trump to engage in some weird liberal behavior called 'mercy.'
Bishop who asked Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants speaks out
President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants during a prayer service marking his inauguration.
Trump calls National Cathedral bishop "nasty in tone" after her sermon urges him to "have mercy"
In the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington asked President Trump to "have mercy upon the people in our country."
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children
The direct appeal to President Trump on the first full day of his term was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that traditionally has not been political.
Who is Mariann Budde, the bishop who told Trump to ‘have mercy’?
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, has voiced concern about Donald Trump’s language and conduct for years.
Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration.
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ During Sermon
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde addressed President Trump during an inaugural prayer service, and asked him to show mercy to immigrants and the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
‘People around me are almost universally concerned’: Bishop who begged Trump to have ‘mercy’ talks threats
Bishop Mariann Budde previously condemned Trump’s 2020 decision to clear Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Lafayette Square ...
Massachusetts AG Campbell supports bishop who asked Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ people, migrants
President Trump is demanding an apology from the bishop who implored the president to show mercy to LGBTQ+ people and ...