Posted on 03/26/2019 2:50:14 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives said Tuesday she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer a day earlier that "at the name of Jesus every knee will bow."
Democratic Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell of Philadelphia said she felt the remarks by Rep. Stephanie Borowicz shortly before Johnson-Harrell took the oath of office on Monday used her religion against her.
"I thought that for the most part, the entire invocation was offensive," Johnson-Harrell told reporters, noting that her own religion respects Jesus. "But to use Jesus as a weapon is not OK."
Borowicz, a Republican and associate pastor's wife who was elected to represent a rural central Pennsylvania district in November, also thanked President Donald Trump during the Monday invocation for standing behind Israel.
Johnson-Harrell said she respects everyone's right to praise the president, but "we cannot weaponize what's going on with Israel and Palestine."
Prayer should not be among the things that Republicans and Democrats fight about, she said.
"It was directly a political statement, and I think we need to be very, very clear that everybody in this House matters, whether they're Christian, Muslim or Jew, and that we cannot use these issues to tear each other down," Johnson-Harrell said. "And not only that, it was made during my swearing in."
Johnson-Harrell won a special election earlier this month to fill a seat vacated by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, who had been re-elected in November after being convicted of bribery.
Her swearing-in drew 55 guests, a majority of them Muslim. A Muslim prayer was said from the House dais during the ceremony.
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Hubba Hubba! What a fox!
Deport this anti-American loser...now! What an idiot.
[ Democrats, Muslim Lawmaker Decry Opening Prayer to Jesus as Divisive ]
The spirit of antichrist will increase all the way up to the Real Antichrist, the Beast, the Man of Sin, the Man of Lawlessness. the Son of Perdition, the King of Fierce Countenance...
Mark 8:27-29 New King James Version
27 Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?
28 So they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.
29 He said to them, But who do you say that I am?
Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ.
Okay - homage to a pedophile then.
People must learn sooner rather than later that Islam and the Koran are not compatible with The US Constitution and Christianity. They are not compatible with the established American way of life. Muslims must be denied citizenship for that reason alone. If they honestly accept the Koran as their belief system, then they cannot swear allegiance to the United States, not to uphold the Constitution. If this which I have said is not correct, please, someone tell me why???
Sick of Scumuslims! Chip ‘em and ship ‘em home! If they try to sneak back in, 25 years hard labor.
Many people have come to America to become Americans.
These people have come to dominate America and it’s Christian heritage.
FUBO
What are we going to tell the migrant caravans when they get here??? That the America they read about is gone????
Any good Muslim knows that Isa (Jesus) is their most important prophet, after Mo of course. Most Muslims love to talk about Isa and hear stories from the New Testament.
But the Jesus (Isa) of Islam is NOT the Jesus of the Bible, the Lord of the universe before whom EVERY knee will bow, willingly or not.
Muzzie sack of crap should go back where she...he...it came from,
Salvini in Italy is doing something about it, thankfully.
Of course he is, they just refuse to see all of Jesus.
yes, it sounds like an improvement ... let’s hope Italy can send the Muslims back to their own countries, soon!
And so it begins...
How very sad that we have allowed a completely alien culture such as islam into our country.
I bet if some imam delivered a prayer that Allah should help all believers smite those who do not believe especially Jews there would be only crickets
As the old idiom goes “Never Let the Camel Get its Nose Under the Tent”. For years the United States has done just that and now our sovereignty as a nation is at stake. The Old Testament has many examples of just that.
How do you come to that conclusion?
She's copping quite the attitude after being in office only a few hours. Wait until she becomes entrenched in her 'Rat position for a few years.
Like it or not, one day every knee WILL bow and every tongue WILL confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God.
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