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dutch777

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2. And so that going to be coming from the pulpit on Sunday, every Sunday or are they done. Churches....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:22 PM

12 hrs ago

...while not the influence they were a generation + ago, have a moral platform higher than anything the Trumpsters have. They pushed civil rights and equal rights and got a lot done. I don't see them as a magic bullet but the churches and celebrities speaking truth to power has weight and visibility that has value in the work to contain Trump. I do realize the Evangelicals may never get on board en mass but anything helps.

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US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy [View all] BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP

Those redbirds may as well talk to the wall. N/T tonekat 12 hrs ago #1

The voice of three crying in the wilderness. TomSlick 11 hrs ago #6

And so that going to be coming from the pulpit on Sunday, every Sunday or are they done. Churches.... dutch777 12 hrs ago #2

The evangelicals will never get on board, for the most part... slightlv 10 hrs ago #8

He doesn't have a moral compass, so they better send him one catrose 12 hrs ago #3

Right. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #4

He not only doesn't have a "moral compass;" he doesn't know what one is. MLWR 12 hrs ago #5

Talk about trying to catch the wind. A fool's errand. Martin68 11 hrs ago #7

I'm sorry, but that is hilarous. The predator-in-chief and "moral compass" niyad 1 hr ago #9