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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2009 01:25 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 30 July 2009 01:25
From Post-Gazette.com:
A Gettysburg clergyman’s prayer before the state Senate yesterday went a lot smoother than his last attempt to pray with legislators last month.
The Rev. Gerry Stoltzfoos opened the session with a prayer, and, as most Christian pastors do, ended it with “We pray in Jesus’ name, amen.”
Last month, state House officials asked him to use a “non-denominational” prayer that didn’t include the name of Jesus, and under that restriction, the Rev. Stoltzfoos chose not to say the prayer at all. When word got out, it created a religious firestorm in cyberspace.