Congress’s Foolish Opening Prayer Exposes a Deeper Problem for Christianity – and the West
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The prayer’s true scandal was largely ignored -- and is indicative of a widespread societal shift toward a serious and dangerous misunderstanding of both Christianity and tolerance.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver caused a social media storm recently, closing a public prayer with “Amen and a woman,” as if the Hebrew word meaning “let it be” was somehow gendered. Cleaver, of course, later claimed the embarrassing episode was actually “a lighthearted pun” in recognition of women, a description that might draw water on paper, but which the video clearly shows is not the case...
