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January 3, 2021

U.S. House Invocation Ends With "Amen and Awomen"

We can argue about the sexist order ("women" follows "men"), but it's another good sign that the Woke Dawn is upon us

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver raised a few eyebrows for the way he ended the opening prayer of the 117th Congress Sunday.

The Democratic U.S. Representative from Missouri, a Methodist pastor of more than three and a half decades, called for peace among society and in the House chamber itself. He concluded his prayer as follows:

We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and 'god' known by many names by many different faiths.

Amen and awomen.

A few Republican lawmakers voiced their displeasure over Cleaver's wording. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tennessee, said that the prayer's final sentence was "political correctness gone way off the rails".

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania tweeted that 'amen' is not a gendered word.

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