Posted on 04/11/2015 6:59:14 AM PDT by marshmallow
“Blessed Be, Aho, and Amen,” aren’t the words members of the Iowa House of Representatives are accustomed to hear at the closing of the invocation marking the House’s opening ceremonies, but that’s just what happened yesterday when a Wiccan priestess delivered the prayer.
"We call this morning to God, Goddess, Universe, that which is greater than ourselves to be here with us today,” said Deborah Maynard, who delivered the first prayer by a Wiccan in the assembly. “By the Earth that is in our bones and centers us, may all here remember our roots and those whom we are here to represent….. We call this morning to Spirit, which is ever present, to help us respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Be with this legislative body and guide them to seek justice, equity and compassion in the work that is before them today.”
A number of Christian lawmakers didn’t attend the opening ceremony to protest the priestess’ historic invocation.
Others, like State Rep. Rob Taylor (R-Iowa), turned their backs during the priestess’ prayer. Taylor said he asked himself “What would Jesus do?” and decided Jesus would “be in the presence of a prayer, but peacefully protest.” He added that “everyone has the right to come into our chamber – it is the people’s chamber – and pray and she did and this was the way for me to peacefully protest.”
Members of the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ organized prayers outside the Capitol. "We feel that this is completely out of sync with the traditions of our state and our nation to seek guidance from the occult. We believe it is just not a good idea," said their Pastor Demastus, according to the Des Moines Register.
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“What would Jesus do?”
John 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
This is extremely, extremely too far!
Aho?
Aren’t there enough Ahoes running around already?
How bizarre.
But, of course, I could see this happening. This is why having prayers may not be such a good idea - because then the pagans can lay claim to participate.
So “Blessed Be” really is a witch thing?
I’m sick of seeing those stupid bumper stickers.
It could be godly, but I always doubted it, being in a liberal bastion.
Yep - start flipping tables and drive em out, congressmen
there sho nuff are!
Yeah its a witch thing. They like it because it sounds innocuous.
yes...it was originally spelled...Blessed BEE!...../s
Just get rid of these invocation prayers all together. They are no longer useful. There are too many mutually exclusive sects all looking for 15 minutes of validation from the state. That’s all this has become. Was anyone in that chamber really seeking guidance from the lesbian witch goddess?
That takes care of the legislators but what about the priestess?
Wow. Maybe she should hit the campaign trail with Hillary. They could compare spells and stuff. :)
We can’t have state sanctioned marriage because perverts have taken over, we can’t ask God to intervene in our legislative bodies because Satanists have taken that over, we can’t have....
Enough! The people of Iowa don’t want this!
Idaho legislators boycott Hindu representatives. Iowa legislators boycotts Wiccans. So who are acceptable to open the session in your opinion?
Generation of vipers!
And the people from Iowa are putting up with this demonic crap?
What do the people of Idaho and Iowa want? That’s all that matters. It’s clear by who they put in the house what they want and more than half the reps boycotted. You realize what happens when they boycott? The people are no longer are represented in their house.
When an imam prayed for victory over infidels at an Iowa legislature invocation a few years ago, it didn’t get much beyond talk radio. The culture is in even worse trouble than we imagine.
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