"Trump's Unannounced Church Visit Angers Church Authorities", and Rev Gini Gerbasi post.

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"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 Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, with oversight responsibilities for the church.

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"It almost looked like a prop," she told NPR. "That is the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition. It speaks messages of love, of God, love of neighbor. 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."

A former St. John's minister, Gini Gerbasi, was among those attending to the protesters in front of the church when the police moved in.

"We were literally DRIVEN OFF of the St. John's, Lafayette Square patio with tear gas and concussion grenades and police in full riot gear," she wrote in a Facebook post. "PEOPLE WERE HURT SO THAT President Trump COULD HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH!!! HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STEP OVER THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES WE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE WERE BEING TEAR GASSED!!!!"

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-authorities

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[captain queeg]

1. I hope the church goers see this

Not the evangelical-mega church types, they are beyond hope. But some of the old school conservative church types might be offended. Maybe they’ll finally realize that all the church and the Bible are to him: photo ops.

[greyl]

3. Budde, Gerbasi, and Fisher are not keeping silent, so stoke that hope.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/bishop-budde-trump-church/2020/06/01/20ca70f8-a466-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

[AllaN01Bear]

5. many of us in this faith are long time democrats and

i am very angry about this desecration.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142505189.he used it for self gain which blew up in his face. our bishop asked us to treat this with love .

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[Blue Owl]

2. Make way for the seven deadly sins!

Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth -- all contained within the fat, egomaniacal blob of filth called Donald Trump -- are forcing their way to your church for an "optics" stunt!

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6. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde w Anderson Cooper, condemning Trump.