Arizona Republican legislators furious that Democratic legislators keep offering non-God-related i

[riversedge]

Why not just have a moment of silence and forget about this public praying. IMHO




Arizona Republican legislators furious that Democratic legislators keep offering non-God-related invocations:

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Apr. 23, 2017 10:46 AM ET

Lawmaker's invocation reignites dispute over prayer in House
By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press



PHOENIX (AP) — An ongoing fight in the Arizona House over what constitutes a real prayer has heated up again.

The latest skirmish came last week after Democratic Rep. Athena Salman of Tempe delivered the chamber's daily invocation at the start of the session.

Salman said a humanist prayer and didn't ask members to pray to God or any other deity, a move that broke an informal House rule and led to a protest from Republicans on the House floor.

GOP Rep. Mark Finchem of Oro Valley was then allowed to offer a Christian prayer.

The dual messages, delivered Tuesday, were the latest in a series of prayer conflicts in the House.

Last year, then-Rep. Juan Mendez gave an invocation similar to Salman's, setting off a more vocal protest from GOP members. Republican leaders quickly called up a pastor who was in the chamber to give a Christian prayer. Mendez did the same in 2013, leading to similar results.

Mendez is now a senator and gave a nonreligious invocation last month that drew no complaints in the upper chamber..........................

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Why on earth do they need a daily invocation at all?!

[maxrandb]

3. Because like Napoleon

They know that organized religion is what keeps the poor from eating the rich

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Relax, constitutional convention AND the new upcoming SC will solve this quickly.

Christian prayer is to not only be allowed in government facilities but no other religions or non religions will be allowed.

Dont believe me?

I say within 24 months this country will be completely unrecognizable.

Sexual harassment? What is that? Now that the Civil Rights Act is no longer law, that is.

[Angry Dragon]

4. republicans are nothing without their god

[hatrack]

5. Petty, fucking STUPID people worshiping a petty, fucking STUPID god . . .

I am so sick of this theological playground bullshit I could spit up!

[OriginalGeek]

6. Fuck them and

fuck whatever they think their god is.