present with them. guide our legislators with your wisdom and truth. as they seek to meet the requirements of the united states constitution. lord inspire them to seize this opportunity, to demonstrate to the nation, and world how the democratic process can be done properly and in an orderly manner. help them to remember, that history is a faithful stenographer. and so are you. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. the fact that we even have a senate chaplain and the house chaplain, it s kind of a weird thing. it s a contradiction in the country in which separation of church and state is a constitutional hallmark, even james madison came to believe it wasn t entirely kosher. but it chaplain open every day of congressional business starting with the continental congress in 70 74 and the tradition has continued the way this contradictions been resolved over the years, is whatever his or her specific the domination personally, and they have all been christian, the chaplain pra
reverend warnock and the chaplains are perfectly capable of being very christian, and also existing very happily within the multi faith and multi ethnic democracy represented by the united states congress. none of them are storming the capitol. this particular brand of christiana de that is linked up with the trump movement is a different kind of thing. christian nationalism. the belief that the united states should be ruled by christians and by a certain narrow interpretation of evangelical christian values is not a new thing. the journalist, michelle goldberg wrote a book about the rise of christian nationalism back in 2006. but what is new is the fusion of that ideology with the political movement of pro trump stop the steal election denialism. evangelical leaders preaching to their congregations about the stolen election, praising the january 6th attack as a righteous revolution to restore america. it s also about the fusion of