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At least 66 incidents occurred between June 2022 and January 2024 in which a religious institution was targeted for its perceived support of LGBTQ+ people.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and out Bishop V. Gene Robinson presided over a Washington National Cathedral ceremony honoring the hate-crime victim and the interment of his ashes there in 2018.
“There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde told the president.
“It wasn’t like I was talking about people I don’t know,” Budde told The Advocate.
