Is bishop mariann edgar budde gay

MARIANN Budde is the current Bishop of Washington and she is supported in her duty by her dear husband Paul. The bishop made headlines when she called for Trump to show “mercy” to LGBTQ Americans and asylum seekers, which led the president to brand her as “nasty”.

In , she presided over the interment of the ashes of Matthew Shepard, a murdered gay man, at the cathedral. She delivered a benediction at the Democratic National Convention. Budde delivered the homily at the January interfaith prayer service following Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, made headlines with a powerful plea for mercy during President Trumps inaugural prayer service. Urging compassion for immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community, she called on the president to show mercy to those in fear.

It turns out Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde – who begged Donald Trump to show mercy to LGBTQ+ children and immigrants during a powerful sermon this week – was the bishop who interred the ashes of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, 20 years after his death.