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She is the Father Franz Reinisch of our time. I have no great love for church or religion, but she did her ideals proud when she sermoned the Orange Utan.
She has given so many people hope by standing up to him.
Hopefully she also gives us courage to do the same.
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.
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.”
Who is Mathew Shepard?
I’m lazy, so I just stole this from Wiki.
Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998.[1] He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries received during the attack.
Thank you! What a horrible crime and I can’t believe people would deface the grave of a victim like this…
They brutally murdered him first. Why wouldn’t they deface his grave?
It’s the very type of people that would murder him would also deface a grave. Religion is a bane on humanity, and zealots are religion at is core essence.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
A victim of a horrible hate crime. Guilty merely of being gay in Wyoming in the 90’s.
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.
