Newmarket Democrat Rep. Ellen Read proposed a House rule change to replace the word “prayer” in the morning invocation with “reflection,” but the amendment was defeated 160-222, NH Journal reported. House Majority Leader Jason Osborne criticized the effort.
Just weeks after getting a Satanic Temple statue mounted outside the State House, Newmarket Democrat Rep. Ellen Read asked her fellow legislators to drop the word “prayer” on the inside.
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Read described her proposal to the chamber, NH Journal reported, arguing it would be more inclusive.
Read’s proposal “simply changes our word for our morning invocation before session, which currently says ‘prayer’ to ‘reflection,’” Read told the House.
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The amendment fell short, though it drew notable support, NH Journal noted.
While Read’s amendment to the rules was defeated, 160 members of the House voted for it.
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Osborne responded in a statement, cited here to Jason Osborne.
It is not surprising that the same party that spent the last month fighting to put a statue of Satan outside of the State House is now trying to remove prayer from the New Hampshire House,
Jason Osborne
The proposal followed Read’s earlier effort to place a Satanic Temple statue outside the State House.
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