• Lugh@futurology.todayEnglish
    78·
    1 day ago

    You know why Trump really hates her?

    Because as a bishop, she can move diagonally anywhere on the board, but as a Russian pawn, he can only move one square at a time.

        • Banana@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          30·
          1 day ago

          What’s most important right now is to remember we are not alone. Do not let him rule your life with fear.

          Spend time and effort building community, skillsharing, playing music, there is strength in numbers, and we cannot organize without community. The community always comes first.

          We don’t fight fascism because we think we’ll win. We fight fascism because it’s fascism. We fight fascism because we have no other choice.

          Let’s learn from those that paved the way. Joe Hill, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Barbara Dane, etc.

          There are good people, and trump, his cronies and sycophants want us to forget that. There are so many good people. Let’s find them with community.

    • OwlBoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      It sucks that religion is so fucked up broadly. We should be able to feel this way about all persons in similar positions as her.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    88·
    2 days ago

    Even though this image is substantially true, facts matter. Memes are not journalism.

    https://www.npr.org/2018/10/26/659835903/watch-matthew-shepard-laid-to-rest-at-national-cathedral

    Shepard’s parents requested that their son’s ashes be interred at the cathedral after 20 years of reluctance. They feared his gravesite would be desecrated.

    Shepard’s funeral in 1998 was met with noisy protests by anti-gay militants. The decision to seek his interment at Washington National Cathedral came as a result of the Shepards’ friendship with Bishop Robinson. Robinson contacted the cathedral dean, the Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, and Washington’s Episcopal bishop, Budde, both of whom readily agreed to the placement of Shepard’s ashes in the cathedral crypt.

    https://www.npr.org/2018/10/20/659122600/matthew-shepard-laid-to-rest-20-years-after-his-death

    Bishop Gene Robinson who is the first openly gay Episcopal bishop and a family friend of the Shepards played an integral role in helping them secure a final resting place for their son.

    "Judy Shepard called me and said, ‘you know, we’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Matt’s death, and we’ve never buried his ashes,’ " Robinson told NPR’s Scott Simon on Weekend Edition. “And she said, ‘We’re thinking it’s time.’ Someone said perhaps the National Cathedral would be a good and appropriate place.”

    • WHARRGARBL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 day ago

      Thank you for the facts and context. Too many intelligent people believe a picture with a heading is the full story.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Reported to mods. Please make sure to do the same. Posting images of text should result in a temp ban.

  • katy ✨English
    25·
    1 day ago

    She’s awesome; there’s a lot of churches that do awesome work outside of the national organisations.

    My childhood church was awesome and shaped a good deal of my beliefs and never tried to push hate. My former pastor from when I was a kid wrote me later (she’s still friends with my mum) and congratulated me on transitioning while apologising or the national position of anti-gay/anti-trans sentiment.

  • NegativeNull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    A couple years ago I was in D.C and visited the National Cathedral. It was a Sunday (randomly) and when we arrived, she was up there giving a sermon. The tour was about 15 minutes away from starting, so we sat and listened. I’m not religious in any way, but listening to her was absolutely amazing. She was talking about love, acceptance, and how to show people love and care. There was hardly any religious statements, or even any bible quotes. Her oratory skills were among the best I’ve ever heard (I’m no expert though). It was absolutely amazing to hear her speak. Afterwards, she gave every single person there a hug (if they wanted one). People lined up to get a hug from her.

    It was something to behold for sure.

    • Gerudo@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      I’m not religious, but I appreciate cool architecture. I went here, not even knowing that the church is nondenominational. I also didn’t know the whole story behind Shepard, other than the brutal murder. I got to see their internment and read the story behind it. I gained a lot of respect for what the national cathedral represented that day.