OPINION (FaihWire) – A Christian lawmaker in Pennsylvania has been accused of “weaponizing” her Christian faith after she delivered the invocation on the floor of the state capitol the same day the commonwealth’s first Muslim woman was sworn into the legislature. State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R) spoke for roughly two minutes, pontificating about Jesus, Gov. Tom Wolf (R), President Donald Trump, and Israel, before she was interrupted by another lawmaker who yelled from the audience. The Monday morning prayer was

certainly intense — and maybe a bit over-the-top for the setting — but to suggest Borowicz was “weaponizing” prayer to attack state Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell (D), who is Muslim, seems a bit of a stretch. According to WCAU-TV, State Rep. Jordan Harris (D) accused Borowicz of delivering “a rambling, at times incoherent prayer that consisted of weaponizing the name of Jesus while dipping into partisan rhetoric on President Donald Trump.” READ MORE


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