What did US President say when Bishop appealed to Trump?
Donald trump arrived at the National Cathedral in Washington on tuesday (January 21) for the inaugural prayer service. During the inaugural prayer service, a bishop of the cathedral appealed to the 47th President of America, donald trump, to show mercy to gay, lesbian and transgender children in the country. Bishop Mariann Edgar Bade made this appeal regarding the new policies of President Donald Trump. Which includes abolishing birthright citizenship from America and recognizing only two genders in the country. During this, President Donald Trump was accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and usha Vance in the inaugural prayer service.
The bishop appealed to President Donald Trump
During the inaugural prayer service, Bishop Mariann Edgar Bade told President trump, “I urge you to show mercy to those people of our country who are living in the shadow of fear at this time. There are many children in our country's Democratic, Republican and independent families who are gay, lesbian and transgender. Many of them are afraid for their lives.
Apart from this, the Bishop also defended the immigrants living in America and said that there are many people who do important work in our country and they are not criminals. The Bishop said, "Those who work in our fields, clean our offices, work in poultry farms and meat packing plants, wash dishes after our food in restaurants or work night shifts in hospitals, they may not be citizens of this country or do not have valid documents, but most immigrants are not criminals."
The Bishop of the Cathedral described illegal immigrants without documents as taxpayers and good neighbors. The Bishop further said, "Have mercy on those in our community whose children fear that their parents will be taken away from them. Our god teaches us that we should show mercy towards unknown people, because we were all strangers on this earth once. As trump was leaving the cathedral after the prayer service, when a reporter asked him to comment on the bishop's homily, he said, "It wasn't very exciting, was it? I don't think it was a good service. They could have done a lot better."
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