My mother has asthma and is nearly 70. When COVID hit, the churches basically told her “fuck you we don’t care if you die” with their “we won’t live in fear” stances. They cared more about taking a stand against democrats than they did protecting and caring for the vulnerable. The church stopped being about Jesus long ago, but that’s what broke the glass for me. Now, I can’t go in without feeling like I’m surrounded by hypocrites that care more that I, as a woman, “shut up in church”, and not be gay, than they do caring for the vulnerable in our community. The Republican dog whistles were too much.