From California-The Very Rev. Paul Blanch from the All Saints’ Episcopal Church is also part of the same forum. Blanch hails from the United Kingdom and has been in Redding for two years, and although he’s not yet an American citizen, he knows what it’s like to live in a country where faith and politics cross.
“I come from a country where church and state are intertwined,” he said. “In the U.S., the strength and the genius of the Founding Fathers was the separation of church and state.”
From his standpoint, Blanch believes the order promotes bigotry, especially against women and LGBTQ groups. And having served and counseled a diverse crowd of people in the past, especially those who were asked to leave their church because of their sexual orientation, he sees the order as “contrary to the gospel” serving only white Christian Americans.
“It will give people legally the right to exercise prejudice,” he said. “It makes me question how long I can stay in the US.”
More here-
http://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2017/05/07/trump-order-lets-faith-leaders-blend-politics-sermons/101288010/
also here-
http://www.myplainview.com/news/politics/article/Trump-order-makes-some-preachers-ecstatic-others-11126333.php
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