I recently heard that if Trump were to win the election, he would make it a priority to ban marriages in the LGBQT community – the goal being to convert our entire nation into a Christian Nationalist regime. We should not take this lightly since his followers did manage to overturn Roe v Wade. Many of us were shocked. How could this happen? I think that too many were not paying attention to Trump’s dangerous rhetoric. It is a fact that Christianity has been in a steady decline for decades, so it might not seem possible that a marriage ban could happen. Still, we need to be observant of the threats he continues to make.
Trump continues to spew hate towards many sectors of people. He asserts that all immigrants are criminals and makes many false claims about those he chooses to hate. He may have a lot of followers, people who blindly allow themselves to be manipulated and hypnotized by his poorly hidden rage; but he continues to put his foot in his mouth. Are we going to allow a criminal to occupy the white house again? Are we willing to allow our basic human rights to be sabotaged? His supporters turn a blind eye to his reckless behavior and his numerous criminal charges. He was recently ordered to pay four and a half million for his fraud case in New York. He said, “It isn’t fair.” This is how I pictured him in my mind as he said it: sitting on the floor, pouting, with his thumb in his mouth and his other hand holding onto his security blanket (his supporters.) He does not act like a grown man, but as a spoiled child.
In spite of those who back him, I believe his many prejudices will be his undoing. Now that RFK Jr has announced his VP and his message is getting out to more people, a shift has begun. Those who have been frustrated and apathetic and those who have had no interest in voting at all are sitting up and taking notice. I frequently bake bread and I love to watch the way the dough rises, becoming a large, soft malleable ball that once baked, nourishes those it feeds. I am watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rapidly rise into the consciousness of more people. I can feel the energy. Hope is rising.
