{"id":4886,"date":"2011-05-21T01:19:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T08:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2011-05-21T01:19:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T08:19:14","slug":"a-republican-prayer-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/21\/a-republican-prayer-for-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"A Republican Prayer for Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Never in my life have I seen so much hatred displayed for one man as Republicans have heaped on Barack Obama.  I have no problem with people criticizing his policies.  I do so myself regularly.  I do have a problem with people who condemn him over lies about his religion or his nationality.  Here, the Republican bigots in the Minnesota State Senate invited a gay-hating Bachmann buddy<\/a> to give the opening prayer.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"21bachmann_bradlee\"A minister offering the opening prayer at the Minnesota House on Friday appeared to question President Barack Obama’s belief in Jesus in remarks before lawmakers could begin debating a same sex marriage ban.<\/p>\n

Bradlee Dean, an Annandale, Minnesota-based Christian minister, did not mention Obama by name but noted that the opening prayer is supposed to be non-denominational.<\/p>\n

He closed the prayer by saying that it was not about any one denomination, "but rather the head of the denomination and His name is Jesus — as every president up until 2008 has acknowledged<\/strong>." Obama was elected in 2008\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here is the video:<\/font><\/p>\n