Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Easter Sunday criticized the Biden administration’s decision to honor transgender people on Christians’ holiest holiday, criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) ) attacked.
On Friday, Biden issued a proclamation celebrating March 31, 2024 is Transgender Visibility Day, the exact same day as Easter.
This declaration partially declares:
On Transgender Visibility Day, we celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans and reaffirm our nation’s commitment to forming a more perfect union…Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of this nation. is part of.
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Today we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. I can hear you. you are understood. You belong. You are America, and the entire administration and I are rooting for you.
Johnson, like other Christians and Republicans, said Biden’s decision to prominently honor ideologies that conflict with Christianity is insulting and something that should not be done to other religions. I was feeling it.
The chairman therefore accused Mr Biden of “betraying the central tenet of Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ”, while Mr Johnson called the decision “outrageous and abhorrent”.
“The American people are paying attention,” Johnson said.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. Warnock spoke personally and suggested that Christians who agree with Mr. Johnson were engaging in anti-Christian behavior.
“Apparently the speaker finds transgender people abhorrent,” Warnock said, even though Johnson said nothing of the sort.
“In fact, March 31st was a day of uplifting transgender people who endure violence and prejudice. Easter – date changes daily.” [sic]’ continued Mr Warnock. “But this is just another example of people who don’t know how to lead us trying to divide us.
“This is the opposite of the Christian faith,” Warnock declared. “Jesus centered the marginalized. He centered the poor. And in times like these, we need a voice, especially a voice of faith. He does not use it as a weapon to defeat people, but as a bridge to unite all things.” Together with us. ”
Warnock is right. Jesus centered the poor, the marginalized, and the suffering. He first announced the kingdom of God to people who did not know what it meant to have access to power.
Yet America’s centralized power structure openly celebrates transgender people and condemns those who do not subscribe to trans ideology.
The question arises as to who is truly marginalized here?
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