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At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray
(RNS) — According to a report, you can pray with Trump and Melania. It'll only cost you $100,000.
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(RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning an interfaith prayer service the day before his inauguration, where participants can worship alongside the businessman and his wife, Melania.
But those who want to join need to weigh the price of prayer: Tickets to the service will be awarded only to those who donate at least $100,000 to Trump’s inaugural ceremonies, or who raise $200,000.
Earlier this month, Axios cited a seven-page prospectus that listed the service alongside several other donor-only events, such as a “cabinet reception” with Trump’s nominees and “candlelight dinner” with Trump and Melania.
According to the report, if a donor gives $1 million or raises $2 million, they’ll earn six tickets to the suite of inauguration events.
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Officials for Trump’s transition team did not respond to requests to confirm the service. No details about where the event will occur or who will be involved were specified in the prospectus.
The morning of Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, the president-elect sat for a prayer service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, a historic location across Lafayette Square from the White House. The church, often referred to as the “Church of the Presidents,” later became known as the site where Trump posed with a Bible during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations on June 1, 2020.
Among the racial justice demonstrators forcibly removed from Lafayette Square and the surrounding area just before Trump’s Bible photo op were a seminarian and an Episcopal priest who, at the behest of the local Episcopal diocese, were handing out water to protesters from St. John’s patio. At the time, the incident prompted outrage from the Rt. Rev. Marianne Budde, who oversees the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, telling Religion News Service she was “horrified” by the events of the day.