Pennsylvania theocracy
This is a horror to watch.
This is a government room in a government building for government business. It is not a church.
I walked off the House floor in protest during today’s prayer led by a GOP member. This fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer was before the swearing in of the PA House’s first ever Muslim woman. It epitomizes religious intolerance. Below is the video. https://t.co/pq34UmK2Nn
— Rep. Kevin J. Boyle (@RepKevinBoyle) March 25, 2019
I will be the one billionth person to ask:
Why do we open legislative sessions with prayers?
Did she get paid by how many time she said “Jesus”?
May I commend here for this esteemed company’s perusal, the wonderful second verse of Britain’s national anthem; which is actually adressed directly to God and is therefore a hymn?
2. O Lord our God arise, / Scatter her enemies / And make them fall; / Confound their politics, / Frustrate their knavish tricks, / On Thee our hopes we fix, / God save us all! .
Though I confess that I have heard the last line of it sung on official occasions as ‘ Christ help us all.’
Which is all to often, the appropriate way to go.
Our National Anthem can be found here
https://mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-anthems/god-defend-new-zealandaotearoa
Apart from being laden with God (presumed to be Christian, but not actually specified), the actual sentiments aren’t bad.
Sadly, the tune itself is pretty dirge like unless a very good singer drags it screaming and kicking into something a bit more upbeat. It sounds a lot better in Maori. Also, only the first couple of verses are normally sung these days.
Jesus.
I am more Welsh than English, and the Welsh national anthem is far superior, even in translation. No God, no desire to hurt the enemy (who are briefly mentioned for what they did to us), just praise of the people, the language and the country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/anthem/pages/anthem-lyrics-en.shtml
Horror? I confess, I actually found that hilarious, in a squirmingly inarticulate sort of way.
@Omar #3
Yeah, but no bugger sings the second verse. Most people, I’d wager, don’t even know it’s there.
It is drivel, though. I’ll give you that.
@Omar:
Don’t forget verse 6, which calls upon god to crush rebellious scotts.
@Enzyme
As with all national anthems, the official words are the first two lines followed by “mumble mumble mumble, tumpety tumpety tump.”
The Spanish national anthem has the best lyrics. OK, officially it doesn’t have any, but if you ask most Spaniards they’ll tell you it goes something like this:
Franco, Franco que tiene el culo blanco
porque su mujer, lo lava con Ariel
@David Evans:
Also, undeniably, winners of the Best Flag. High five?