“‘Blessed Be, Aho, and Amen,’ aren't the words members of the Iowa House of Representatives are accustomed to hear at the closing of the invocation marking the House’s opening ceremonies, but that’s just what happened yesterday when a Wiccan priestess delivered the prayer. ‘We call this morning to God, Goddess, Universe, that which is greater than ourselves to be here with us today,’ said Deborah Maynard, who delivered the first prayer by a Wiccan in the assembly. ... A number of Christian lawmakers didn't attend the opening ceremony to protest the priestess’ historic invocation. Others, like State Rep. Rob Taylor (R-Iowa), turned their backs during the priestess’ prayer. ... The peculiar ending to the witch’s prayer seems to be a weird hodgepodge of religions and cultures. ‘Blessed Be’ is a neopagan Wiccan greeting that means ‘you wish good and positive’ things upon the person greeted. ‘Aho’ is a Native American word that means ‘thank you’ and ‘Amen’ means ‘So be it’ and is used by Christians traditionally at the end of prayers.” “Blessed Be, Aho, and Amen,” MRCtv.org, April 10, 2015 Comments are closed.
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