A prayer for Congress. (Religion).Given the Republican support for U.S. senator Rick Santorum “Santorum” redirects here. For other uses, see Santorum (disambiguation). Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. of Pennsylvania in light of the criticism surrounding his recent antigay comments [see page 22], it was particularly poignant when U.S. representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (also known as Ileana Ros; born July 15 1952) is a Republican United States Representative for Florida's At-large congressional district (map), having held that office since 1989. , a south Florida Republican, invited an openly gay chaplain to deliver the opening prayer on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on May 1. On the National Day of Prayer, Key West police officer and chaplain Steve Torrence stood at a podium in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and prayed for the leaders of Congress to fill their hearts with compassion for all their neighbors. "Let us always remember that despite our differences, we are one human family," he said. The chaplain's invocation invocation, n a prayer requesting and inviting the presence of God. represented the first time in the 35-year history of the Metropolitan Community Church that an openly gay MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. clergyman delivered the opening prayer before the House of Representatives. |
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