Congress’s Foolish Opening Prayer Exposes a Deeper Problem for Christianity – and the West
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 cl…