An open Letter to U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett
Dear Congressman Barrett,
Please vote against HR 59. It is an unprecedented governmental attack on religious freedom in the United States of America. It is also a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment separation of church and state clause.
The resolution falsely claims that Right Rev. Bishop Mariann Budde “promot[ed] political bias instead of advocating the full counsel of biblical teaching.”
She preached exactly what Jesus taught, the second part of the Greatest Commandment: “love your neighbor” (Matthew 22:39). Her sentiments have subsequently been echoed by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA, the Roman Catholic Pope, the United States Catholic Conference, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association, in other words denominations across the political spectrum.
As a person of faith and a patriotic American, I am compelled to protect the freedom of religion in our already great country.
Thank you,
Rev. Dr. Vilius Rudra Dundzila
Community Unitarian Universalists of Brighton
