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Anonymous wrote:If she spoke truth, she would acknowledge that there are only two sexes and the mentally ill should be helped.

Why does God create intersex people?

You seem to consider LGBTQ people sinful. Are you without sin? What have you done about the log in your eye?

of course, LGBTQ people are sinful people.

just as budde is.

just as you are.

just as i am.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

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People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

NP: This is true, and because they all had different religions, the provision was that no one religion should become a national religion. It was never that religion was 'bad" and shouldn't exist or that a person could not vote based on their personal religious views or that laws could nave no corresponding religious basis (most do, in fact); rather that the free exercise of religion should not be impinged by the federal government and that a national religion could not be established (like the British Crown being head of the official Church of England).

An individual imposing religious views on others is not a part of this at all. The government cannot adopt a religion, but "Thou shalt not steal" is a religious view, it is also a law, it is also a secularly held good rule for a civilized society -- and it is imposed on all of us. If there were no such law, one could lobby to have it even if your effort was based on your religious view that stealing is wrong, and that effort would be your right, and it would be OK, whether the law were ultimately adopted or not. Sharing of religious opinions is allowed. A Bishop sharing her faith based appeal to the government is allowed.

And I do think most people, religious or not, agree with her appeal to mercy. You'd have to be a pretty awful person not to - who is against mercy?

Anonymous wrote:the Episcopalian church's liberal beliefs are not widely accepted by the majority of Christians, they are a cult sect

Oh please

The Episcopal Church is a well-established, mainstream Christian denomination with a long history, a large membership, and a recognized hierarchy, unlike a cult which typically involves a charismatic leader, strict control over members' lives, and isolation from outside society; the Episcopal Church is part of the wider Anglican Communion, further demonstrating its legitimacy within Christianity.

It has democratic governing structure and all major policy shifts are voted on.

Children have been protected for decades through rigorous policies for priests and volunteers who work with Episcopalian minors

It is the opposite of a sect.

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Anonymous wrote:the Episcopalian church's liberal beliefs are not widely accepted by the majority of Christians, they are a cult sect

No one is asking you to accept any particular church's beliefs, whether liberal or not. But you should not seek to impose your views on others, which is what the pseudo Christians on the right do.

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Anonymous wrote:the Episcopalian church's liberal beliefs are not widely accepted by the majority of Christians, they are a cult sect

No one is asking you to accept any particular church's beliefs, whether liberal or not. But you should not seek to impose your views on others, which is what the pseudo Christians on the right do.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

We are heading to a country where a Jewish child growing up in a small town may be forced to attend a Christian school because that is the only school available. There are small towns in every state where the student population does not justify more than a single school. If that school were run by a religious organization, children will have no choice. Latter will happen as I fully expect the MAGA Catholic Justices to permit religious charter schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

I am okay if we make the Church of England the official religion as I tend to agree with the COE. [Not always of course.] I certainly know that the founders did not intend for Catholicism or evangelicalism to be the official religion. Original intent. History and tradition.

Sounds like a slippery slope to me … As an Episcopalian/ Anglican I strongly support separation of church and state in order to protect the integrity of both.

Further, we live in a multi cultural society with many different religions - people should be free to choose their own beliefs or lack thereof.



"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god"
Thomas Jefferson

"Strongly guarded…is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States"
James Madison

I believe they were in the room. Not us, or the MAGA Justices.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

I am okay if we make the Church of England the official religion as I tend to agree with the COE. [Not always of course.] I certainly know that the founders did not intend for Catholicism or evangelicalism to be the official religion. Original intent. History and tradition.

Nobody wants to make the COE the official church of the US. In fact, they didn’t even want that at the founding. The northeast state church was typically Calvinism/Puritanism (“Congregationalism”). It’s not far off from evangelicalism….more inconvenient facts from actual history. COE was southern (though Maryland was originally a Catholic settlement in the 1600s). Toss in some Dutch reform in NY. It was messy, and nothing about it lends itself to arguing that the founders intended a strong separation of church and state at the state level, or that they intended the COE to be “the one.”

The original colonists of course disliked the Catholic Church and the religious wars in Europe. Many even disliked the COE because it was too Catholic. Not sufficiently reformed.

the Episcopalian church's liberal beliefs are not widely accepted by the majority of Christians, they are a cult sect

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

I am okay if we make the Church of England the official religion as I tend to agree with the COE. [Not always of course.] I certainly know that the founders did not intend for Catholicism or evangelicalism to be the official religion. Original intent. History and tradition.

Nobody wants to make the COE the official church of the US. In fact, they didn’t even want that at the founding. The northeast state church was typically Calvinism/Puritanism (“Congregationalism”). It’s not far off from evangelicalism….more inconvenient facts from actual history. COE was southern (though Maryland was originally a Catholic settlement in the 1600s). Toss in some Dutch reform in NY. It was messy, and nothing about it lends itself to arguing that the founders intended a strong separation of church and state at the state level, or that they intended the COE to be “the one.”

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

I am okay if we make the Church of England the official religion as I tend to agree with the COE. [Not always of course.] I certainly know that the founders did not intend for Catholicism or evangelicalism to be the official religion. Original intent. History and tradition.

Sounds like a slippery slope to me … As an Episcopalian/ Anglican I strongly support separation of church and state in order to protect the integrity of both.

Further, we live in a multi cultural society with many different religions - people should be free to choose their own beliefs or lack thereof.



"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god"
Thomas Jefferson

"Strongly guarded…is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States"
James Madison

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

I am okay if we make the Church of England the official religion as I tend to agree with the COE. [Not always of course.] I certainly know that the founders did not intend for Catholicism or evangelicalism to be the official religion. Original intent. History and tradition.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

Is that your answer to PP's question? Because it's not responsive.

Think a little, maybe you will figure it out!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

It's not just progressives, it's everyone who is religious. Everyone thinks their way is the right way, which is part of the reason that there are so many different religions. It has little or nothing to do with a supreme being and everything to do with people attempting to exert power.

It is also why this country was founded on a separation between church and state, so I do not impose my religious views on you. The tribe, including several Justices, fail to appreciate that fact.

Actually, as a historical matter this is not accurate. It had little to do with keeping religion out of politics…many states had official religions at the time and that was fine with the Framers. No one likes remembering these inconvenient little truths that serve neither political party.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion.

+1

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.

DP

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it.

The Pope seems to hold roughly similar views. Do you agree with him? Or is his opinion just an opinion?

It’s so cute how progressives think that “Christians” think alike on basically anything except Jesus being God. We can’t even agree on whether he is one or three or both at the same time, whether Communion is real, and whether the pope is our leader or the antichrist.

Is that your answer to PP's question? Because it's not responsive.