A way White House Correspondent kimberly healthcare has more. Well theres been widespread condemnation of the president s actions essentially using heavy force and tear gas to clear protesters for what we later learned would be a photo opportunity and not only is it a condemnation of that action but also of what we saw earlier just the last few hours you read there the condemnation by the washington archbishop the as you pointed out found it baffling and reprehensible and not in the sense period of Pope John Paul the 2nd who was an ardent defender of human beings and would not condone the use of tear gas for a photo opportunity in front of a place of worship well this opinion has been kind of acco by a very prominent democrat i capitol hill House Speaker nancy pelosi who had this to say. That the president of the United States would follow the lead of so many other president s before him to be a healer in chief and not a. Fan or of the flame and yesterday we saw a most unfortunate situ
Stay and how you defend yourself in those contexts is one of those conversations that we need to be having so muchmore as a culture. I think it opens up so many doors for people. Megan is herself a writer and activist. She left the Westboro Baptist church in 2012 and isan educator on topics related to extremism and communication across ideological lines. At the age of five megan began protesting homosexuality and other vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist church into beaconkansas. The church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. The group gained notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As the churchs twitter spokesman megan was one of the few thatinteracted with the outside world. And twitter did something for. Maybe we can applaud it it caused her to begin doubting the Strict Church leaders and their message it humans are sinful and fallible how can the church itself be so con
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