January 5, 2021
US Congress opens with ‘Blasphemous’ Prayer to Hindu Idol Brahma
US Congress opens with ‘Blasphemous’ Prayer to Hindu Idol Brahma
Democratic Missouri representative Emanuel Cleaver, a ‘pastor’, recited the opening prayer on the first day of the 117th Congress on Sunday. The ‘prayer’ began with a hint of hope for decreased political division. But towards the end of the ‘prayer’ Cleaver asked the Hindu deity Brahma for “peace across the land” and inside Congress as well. ” Now and evermore, we ask it in the name of the monotheistic god brahma and god known by many names by many different faiths