But the church he goes to to told him to do good works like spread the word of God till every person on earth is filled with God's light and love!!! Or at least the Sunday school class he's in afterwards said that a little more specifically then the service would.
Folks this one is gonna be a beauty! This will be the first time “bat shit crazy” has had control of that house! Trust me, they will do more damage to the republican party than another term of donald ever could! Pop that popcorn folks, this will be a shit show you won’t want to miss! 🍿
What they're going for here is they'll make it optional (they can't make it mandatory), all GOP will participate and many Democrats won't. They'll just this against them.
Praying is allowed, mandating prayer is not. However, so long as the prayers aren't explicitly of one denomination, they'd get away with it under the pretense that everyone still gets the choice of how to pray.
The pledge of allegiance? He participated in the planning of 1/6. Prayer? They celebrate killing anyone and everything that doesn’t fit their narrative. All Democrats should just take a knee until that bullshit is over every morning.
In the past people from a variety of faiths have opened Congressional sessions with prayer but I'm guessing it will be only people from the Judeo-Christian tradition and zero Muslims under the current Republicans.
This isn’t patriotism; it’s nationalism & performance art for their base of rubes. I doubt there’s anyone who cares less about god & country than Kevin McCarthy.
"Dear God, help us do all the evil we can today, praise trump!....unless he's hindering us to do more evil then send us our next grifter god idol. Thanks love you! Byeeeee"
“God, please let us keep the billionaires happy for without them we don’t get re-elected. May the second amendment become even more solid for the white Christian male. Please don’t let Marjorie or Lauren embarrass us today. Amen.”
Oooo! Can I do the first prayer? Something about bringing evil deeds into the light. That evil doers be held accountable for their actions leading up to and on 1/6. That the Holy Spirit convict their consciences, that they suffer unbearable guilt until their confess their sins and crimes to a federal prosecutor. I’d make it as polarizing as possible. Of course I know it won’t do any good because their GQP/MAGAts and they don’t have a conscience between all of them
Too bad they can't start every day in new Congress with a reasonably stated argument, policy that doesn't inherently demonize, hurt, and get people murdered, and in a state of divorce from the whimsical fantasy land of public religion vs actually helping your fellow human beings because (checks notes) I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing here.
"We’re going to start by talking to our imaginary friend, then we’ll say our oath to the piece of cloth we value 10x more than the people it represents."
The next Dem majority leader should announce they will start each session with a Muslim prayer and have breaks to have 5 of them a day, as is required by Islam. There's Muslims in the House, seems only fair to rotate it.
If the Democrats had even an ounce of spine they should get the Church of Satan in to open with a prayer too (or they could get a Pastafarian, they have prayers right?). Can't be showing favoritism and all.
Someone needs to being a class action suit against Republicans for forcing religious into government. The People v United States has a nice ring to it.
I’ve no problem with the pledge. Maybe it will remind them of their oath to uphold the constitution of the United States of America. I have no problem with prayers either, but they shouldn’t be done in their official capacity on the floor of the congress. They could pray together as a caucus in a private room if they so desire, but doing it on the floor before the start of a session is flaunting their religion in front of others and comes off as a power move. It will pressure (the admittedly rare) moderate Republicans to feel like they need to go along with their party or risk being ostracized, not to mention that it may offend the non-Christian congressmen and women. My opinion isn’t even based on the idea of separation of church and state, but rather that their decision to do so indicates their commitment to continue the polarization of the body politic instead of reconciliation in the aftermath of an election that was clearly split down the middle. It’s childish, but I suppose when you know you won’t be able to pass anything for the next two years without reaching across the aisle that this and investigations are all you have going in your favor. That and making a stink about the debt ceiling for money that they appropriated for previous legislation.
So the party of greed, hatred, bigotry and intolerance and the one with no insignificant number of members in the House and Senate who routinely align with the interests of Putin just like the former president are going to put on a disingenuous daily display of phony religiosity and ‘patriotism’ to dupe their gullible voters. Hypocritical and pathetic. I just wish the media would call them out for this bullshit but they lack the will and guts to do it.
Kevin and Conservatives will serve the agenda of their Apostate Church of Rome very well... All they need is their Drumpf back passing out hand signed Bibles.
Well, we will have to wait to see if this is a “moment of silence” type moment where people are free to pray. Or a “the assembly will be led in a open Christian prayer before we began our work”
Yes, and they should of course also take 5 breaks a day so that the Muslim members of the House can also do their prayers, after all it's their right, they should exercise it as well and in the spirit of inclusion and all..
Thomas Jefferson said that no American should be forced to recite oaths or pledges. This banner worship is uniquely American.
Stephen Colbert: After all, it was Thomas Jefferson who said "Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."
The only prayer and oaths that should be included in congress is to the glorious ruinous powers.
Anything to avoid work.
Nobody wants to work these days
Go to a fucking church and pray!
No no just like Jesus said you have to pray in public and draw as much attention to yourself as possible. That’s what he said right…
Say it louder for the people in the back!
But the church he goes to to told him to do good works like spread the word of God till every person on earth is filled with God's light and love!!! Or at least the Sunday school class he's in afterwards said that a little more specifically then the service would.
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That'll definitely solve inflation and lower gas prices, right? Those Republicans, I tell ya. They've got all the answers.
Folks this one is gonna be a beauty! This will be the first time “bat shit crazy” has had control of that house! Trust me, they will do more damage to the republican party than another term of donald ever could! Pop that popcorn folks, this will be a shit show you won’t want to miss! 🍿
The Freedumb Caucus did drive John Boehner out of town and generally scored lots of own-goals back in the day, set a high bar for self-sabotage!
Honest question: is a prayer allowed?
If there is one place where they should be no organized prayer, it’s the halls of congress.
Our pasta, who art in a colander, draining be your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy sauce be yum, on top some grated Parmesan.
What they're going for here is they'll make it optional (they can't make it mandatory), all GOP will participate and many Democrats won't. They'll just this against them.
Praying is allowed, mandating prayer is not. However, so long as the prayers aren't explicitly of one denomination, they'd get away with it under the pretense that everyone still gets the choice of how to pray.
Prayer is allowed and not new afaict:
... whereupon they will immediately proceed towards their agenda of stealing from the poor to give to the rich and overthrowing American democracy.
I just hope the country realizes the next two years of nothing getting done won't be Biden or the dems fault.
If they didn't realize that the first 2 years wasn't Biden or the Dems fault, I doubt they'll realize it now.
Oh they'll blame it on Biden and Democrats regardless, they know what they're doing. Case and point, Obama's presidency.
So kevin McCarthy wants to turn the house of representatives into a catholic middle school?
He's not even guaranteed to be the speaker. Apparently he doesn't have the votes. We will see.
And then they will continue ripping the country apart. Assholes.
Pledge of allegiance is just the right amount of irony, considering many of those assholes supported the insurrection on Jan6.
So much for the separation of church and state.
This is why every McCarthy, including Joe McCarthy down in hell, introduces themself with, “No relation to Kevin.”
The pledge of allegiance? He participated in the planning of 1/6. Prayer? They celebrate killing anyone and everything that doesn’t fit their narrative. All Democrats should just take a knee until that bullshit is over every morning.
Will it be non-denominational? I assume it will be a protestant style prayer.
In the past people from a variety of faiths have opened Congressional sessions with prayer but I'm guessing it will be only people from the Judeo-Christian tradition and zero Muslims under the current Republicans.
What, no index fingers raised and a solemn intonation of "Where we go one we go all?"
The pledge of allegiance to the Russian flag, of course..
It's also red white and blue, so that must be ok right?
The whole pledge stinks of national socialism. Originalists should not object of we take out the "under God" language.
The fuck happened to separation of church and state, this is how the whole fucking country will come to an end.
This isn’t patriotism; it’s nationalism & performance art for their base of rubes. I doubt there’s anyone who cares less about god & country than Kevin McCarthy.
"Dear God, help us do all the evil we can today, praise trump!....unless he's hindering us to do more evil then send us our next grifter god idol. Thanks love you! Byeeeee"
“God, please let us keep the billionaires happy for without them we don’t get re-elected. May the second amendment become even more solid for the white Christian male. Please don’t let Marjorie or Lauren embarrass us today. Amen.”
That last bit seems a bit desperate but ok.
2 years later we will have 2 more years worth of gen z voters and 2 years less of baby boomers.
But only ONE type of prayer, right?
ah, the first baby steps toward a solution to high inflation and rampant crime
Some representative puts a pasta colander on their head:
And ending with THOUGHTS every day will mean a full days work done to the best of their abilities so they can sleep well at night
This is so fucked. And fuck that guy forever.
They really are backward bastards.
Easy win here- every missed house event should be put out at midterms as that Republican “refused to pray or say the national anthem” that many times.
Long live Gilead
It's okay we will be pleacing Medicaid and Social Security with Thoughts and Prayers.
Oooo! Can I do the first prayer? Something about bringing evil deeds into the light. That evil doers be held accountable for their actions leading up to and on 1/6. That the Holy Spirit convict their consciences, that they suffer unbearable guilt until their confess their sins and crimes to a federal prosecutor. I’d make it as polarizing as possible. Of course I know it won’t do any good because their GQP/MAGAts and they don’t have a conscience between all of them
The Democrats do the exact same thing each day the House is in session. Here’s today
Hypocrisy on steroids
Too bad they can't start every day in new Congress with a reasonably stated argument, policy that doesn't inherently demonize, hurt, and get people murdered, and in a state of divorce from the whimsical fantasy land of public religion vs actually helping your fellow human beings because (checks notes) I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing here.
"We’re going to start by talking to our imaginary friend, then we’ll say our oath to the piece of cloth we value 10x more than the people it represents."
"Let us pray..."
Next person to try and shove their religion down my throat gets a fist against their throat. Getting real tired of this shit
The next Dem majority leader should announce they will start each session with a Muslim prayer and have breaks to have 5 of them a day, as is required by Islam. There's Muslims in the House, seems only fair to rotate it.
Welcome to the new Iran
Deus vult stfu.
If the Democrats had even an ounce of spine they should get the Church of Satan in to open with a prayer too (or they could get a Pastafarian, they have prayers right?). Can't be showing favoritism and all.
A prayer? Go fuck yourself!!!!!!
His erection is a tent in his pants so stiff it must hurt.
Fuck republicans
I am pretty sure this represents no change for Congress. It's just Republicans trying to pretend Democrats are anti-religion and patriotism.
They are not in church and they aren’t in 3rd grade 🙄
Hypocrites gonna hypocrisy.
Maybe god will strike them down for pretending
What a bunch of hypocrites
No, just no. Separation of church snd state!
Wonder what their god thinks about them only praying out of spite, as a political move.
Tired of the cultists
Pledge? To the Constitution?... Didn't think so.
fuck both those things. 1 was made up to force an imaginary boss on people, the other to sell flags
Praying to whose god?
What do you wanna bet the prayers won't be simple and inoffensive and non-partisan, but will be utterly political?
Please, will the Church of Satan sue over this?
Separation of church and state you morons!
I think republican election deniers should probably believe in the pledge of allegiance before reciting it every morning.
And then proceed to act against both.
Gonna pray away the inflation, the GOP's way
Sauron will be pleased
They’ll be praying that all those single women get married and start doing what their husbands tell them and that gen z stop voting 🤡
a prayer? soooo he's just going to ignore the establishment clause in the constitution?
Adults doing the pledge is the dorkassiest thing ever.
Sounds fascist.
“Allah is Greater.
Lol, of course they will. They don't know how to do something that actually benefits America.
Good, you're gonna need them
And when one doesn’t pray? Just stands there with that smug look that says “Look at all you pathetic sheep” right at the cameras?
If it’s Christian, it sucks
Separation of Church and state.............
Someone needs to being a class action suit against Republicans for forcing religious into government. The People v United States has a nice ring to it.
“Oh god, you’re so great.” “Now, back to fucking people over.”
I guess they will be praying for all the victims of gun violence they will be responsible for.
I’ve no problem with the pledge. Maybe it will remind them of their oath to uphold the constitution of the United States of America. I have no problem with prayers either, but they shouldn’t be done in their official capacity on the floor of the congress. They could pray together as a caucus in a private room if they so desire, but doing it on the floor before the start of a session is flaunting their religion in front of others and comes off as a power move. It will pressure (the admittedly rare) moderate Republicans to feel like they need to go along with their party or risk being ostracized, not to mention that it may offend the non-Christian congressmen and women. My opinion isn’t even based on the idea of separation of church and state, but rather that their decision to do so indicates their commitment to continue the polarization of the body politic instead of reconciliation in the aftermath of an election that was clearly split down the middle. It’s childish, but I suppose when you know you won’t be able to pass anything for the next two years without reaching across the aisle that this and investigations are all you have going in your favor. That and making a stink about the debt ceiling for money that they appropriated for previous legislation.
Thoughts and prayers
Don’t show Breitbart nonsense here
Un-American.
virtue signaling
What happened to separation of Church and State? Fucking losers.
So brave /s
Great, more Performative Christianity and Performative Patriotism.
I thought McCarthy failed to get that role.
Way to separate that there church and state, murica
Fucking congratulation!!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!!!
In lieu of doing anything about problems that Americans face.
Any Muslims, Buddhists or Sikhs in the GOP?? Don’t want those prayers, do they?
lawsuit?
The democrats will be praying for Kevin McCarthy to fuck all the way off
Prayer to who? Mammon?
So the party of greed, hatred, bigotry and intolerance and the one with no insignificant number of members in the House and Senate who routinely align with the interests of Putin just like the former president are going to put on a disingenuous daily display of phony religiosity and ‘patriotism’ to dupe their gullible voters. Hypocritical and pathetic. I just wish the media would call them out for this bullshit but they lack the will and guts to do it.
Kevin and Conservatives will serve the agenda of their Apostate Church of Rome very well... All they need is their Drumpf back passing out hand signed Bibles.
And exercising rights, those that do not wish to participate can sit and wait, or enter the chamber after they’re done.
Well, we will have to wait to see if this is a “moment of silence” type moment where people are free to pray. Or a “the assembly will be led in a open Christian prayer before we began our work”
Yes, and they should of course also take 5 breaks a day so that the Muslim members of the House can also do their prayers, after all it's their right, they should exercise it as well and in the spirit of inclusion and all..