Mike Kinman, rector of All Saints Church in Pasadena,
California, announced via a blog post to his congregation that parishioners at
the Episcopal edifice will no longer pray by name for the president of the
United States. Rector Kinman, you see, fears that the mere mention of the name
“Donald Trump” could trigger microaggressions among the faithful.
He
wrote: “If you come to All Saints this Sunday, you’ll notice that we have
removed the proper names from our prayers for those in authority. Whereas
before we prayed for ‘Barack, our president,’ we are now praying for ‘our
president, our president-elect, and all others in authority.’ This practice
will continue for at least the near future.” Yes, until Democrats retake the
Oval Office.
Kinman
continued pontificating, albeit using remarkably bad grammar: “We are in a
unique situation in my lifetime where we have a president-elect whose name is
literally a trauma trigger to some people—particularly women and people who,
because of his words and actions, he represents an active danger to health and
safety.”
Then
the Irreverent One likened Trump to a wife-beater: “As I have said before, for
some it could be as if we demanded a battered woman pray for her abuser by
name.” Hmm.
Funny,
I’m guessing rector Kinman had no problem praying for ‘Bill, our president.’
Words
and actions, Mike. Words and actions.
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