An Agnostic Applauds

A Prominent Christian with Courage

I don’t do church. I just try to follow a Golden Rule sort of path. For people. For the Earth. But I respect any faith that teaches the values this Bishop speaks of. That’s what I learned in Sunday School. Core values that the Bible Thumpers have dumped in favor of bigotry.

I suspect most of you have seen or heard this video clip. It’s all over the media landscape. If not, it is certainly one for the history books. It is certainly an example of courage. It is a statement of values that should be repeated over and over.

If you have heard it or seen it before, consider viewing it one more time and observe the expressions of other members of the $Trump Syndicate. I am speculating, but I think Melania’s “smirk” was from a wife enjoying her abusive husband getting scolded in public. Maybe not. But I like the idea.

As you know, my pitch for a successful revival of the Democratic Party is a rebranding. Democrats now have the opportunity to be the authentic “Populist Party”. The party of the people who make the world go around in grindingly hard jobs. The party of workers. Of unions. The Party of the Working Class that is being dominated by a few obscenely rich oligarchs.

But what if Democrats also took what this Bishop had to say and had the chutzpah to make it a rallying cry. Democrats need to be a big tent. The center pole would be economic justice. But what if we reached out and asked for the help of “True Christians”. The ones that know that this preacher is on the right side of a religion that has otherwise been used as a wrecking ball - as a tool for persecution. Too often.

“Christianity” has been weaponized by the haters. Isn’t it time that Christians that embrace love, tolerance and charity join the fight against the evil that was anointed On January 20, 2025? Of course, Christianity doesn’t have an exclusive franchise on the values that Jesus spoke of. We could be a VERY big tent, indeed.

Perhaps the answer to rebuilding a true party of the people resides in union halls and…churches, mosques and synagogues?

Just an idea. What do you think?