Missouri Democrat and United Methodist pastor Emanuel Cleaver has come under fire after he wrapped up his prayer in the US House by saying “amen” and “awoman” in an apparent nod to gender equality.
Cleaver (D-MO), who has represented Missouri’s 5th congressional district since 2005, led a short prayer to mark the opening of the 117th Congress on Sunday. He closed off his speech, which called for unity, by saying: “We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and the god known by many different names, amen and awoman.”
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