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Right-wing extremists threaten LGBTQ-affirming religious communities: report

A new GLAAD report sheds light on the alarming trend.

Bishop Mariann Budde President Donald Trump Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral
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Bishop Budde is unapologetic about confronting Trump over his treatment of LGBTQ+ people and immigrants

“It wasn’t like I was talking about people I don’t know,” Budde told The Advocate.

Matthew Shepard; Rev. Mariann Budde Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington
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Bishop who confronted Trump led ceremony honoring Matthew Shepard

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.

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Watch Bishop Budde tell Rachel Maddow she’s received ‘death wishes’ over Trump ‘mercy’ sermon

The Episcopal Bishop of Washington discussed her historic sermon that the president called “nasty.”

Donald Trump; Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
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Livid Donald Trump demands apology over bishop's 'nasty' National Prayer Service sermon

He called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon “nasty in tone," said she wasn’t good at her job, and claimed that “she and her church owe the public an apology.”

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Diocese of Washington leads Democratic members of the House of Representatives in prayer
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Watch a bishop scold Donald Trump about attacks on LGBTQ+ and immigrants during inaugural prayer service

“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.