Which should be disqualifying for him to speak at a government function.

“He” was a she.

Listen to or watch the sermon she preached. There’s no attempt on her part to violate the establishment clause. Just simple words making a simple point.

Separation of church and state does not ban religion from the public square. It bans the government from following the religious voice saying that its should be the only religious voice speaking.

My freedom to speak my religious conviction cannot be silenced any more than your nonreligious voice.. or other-religious voices.

It’s when the government chooses which religious voice can speak that problems arise.

Donald Trump is already showing that he’s gearing up to only listen to evangelical MAGA friendly voices. Apparently, Rev. Budde represents a voice that slipped through the censors with a different sort of message than the heretical nonsense that he usually surrounds himself with. I’m sure it won’t happen again.


Apparently he thought that the church that he cleared Layfayette Park so he could wak to the church and hold aloft a bible…. Would only have fawning laudatory words to speak about him.

Instead, he got the gospel.