Gender neutral opening of Congress

[Beerman]

Someone on another post mentioned how America is the only country that tolerates stupidness.

Are our "leaders" this stupid? Or are they pandering to the stupid masses?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-cleaver-ends-opening-prayer-for-new-congress-amen-and-awoman

 

 

 

 

[blackberry, BSN, RN]

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., demonstrated his propensity to misconstrue words from the English language.  We know the word "amen" is a nongendered word.  Yet, he was inclined to twist the word to have a nuance of a masculine gender because it has the word "men" in it.  Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., needs to take a remedial course in English if he is going to continue to serve in congress.  

[chare]

26 minutes ago, blackberry said:

... Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., needs to take a remedial course in English if he is going to continue to serve in congress.  

As Mr. Cleaver is a United Methodist pastor and holds a MDiv, I'm quite sure he is fully aware of the etymology of the word.