The Daily Congressional Prayer to open the 117th Congress concluded, for the first time, with “amen and a-women.”
As Congressman Guy Reschenthaler noted on Twitter, however, “amen” is not a gendered word but rather Latin for “so be it.”
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The individual conducting the prayer – a clear appeal to political correctness – was Representative Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from Missouri’s Fifth District.
