(1) Back in 2016, I was a lay leader & crisis counselor at. Church while in seminary. I was on call 24/7 & doing ministry well over 40 hrs a week. Was told by pastors that I was serving in a pastoral capacity, but could not be ordained as such b/c of my outspoken of Trump. I was too “divisive”. My family was ultimately forced out of church & slandered so heavily that any local church we attended we were snared at. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-report/index.html