DEAR LORD: FORGIVE US, FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE ELECTED A
MAN
OF DISHONOR TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A DARK HOUR
FOR US. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN WHO IS A RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, DISHONEST,
LYING, WOMANIZING, EGOMANIAC, WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO LEAD THE MOST POWERFUL
NATION ON EARTH. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF FEAR AND A RACIST MENTALITY THAT
IS PERVASIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE AFRAID OTHERS WILL TAKE WHAT
WE HAVE. WE ARE AFRAID OF COLOR. WE ARE AFRAID OF OTHERS WHO WORSHIP
DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO. WE ARE AFRAID OF HOW OTHERS LIVE, AND WHO THEY
LOVE. FOR A MAN WHO WALKED AMONG THE POOR, HEALING THE SICK, RESPECTING
WOMEN, ACCEPTING THOSE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND PROTESTING A
GOVERNMENT THAT WAS UNJUST, WE NEED NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, STRENGTH
TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. HELP US TO CONFRONT WITH FAITH AND JUSTICE
A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE THE WORST IN OUR HISTORY. HELP US TO
SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. HELP US TO BE BETTER PERSONS AS
AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY SEE HOW HOPE CAN BE MAINTAINED
THRU TROUBLING TIMES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURT BY WHAT IS
HAPPENING, GIVE THEM FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD, GIVE THEM COURAGE TO
STAND TALL AND PROTEST WHAT IS UNJUST, DEMEANING, AND NON-INCLUSIVE. IT
IS ALL SET BEFORE US, AND IT IS US WHO HAVE TO DREAM AN ALTERNATIVE
DREAM OF JUSTICE, INCLUSIVENESS, LOVE, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND DIVERSITY. WE
WILL MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR NAME AND WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION THAT YOU
DEMONSTRATED TO US. AMEN
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