Friday's session [in the Minnesota legislature] opened on a jarring note from the Rev. Bradlee Dean. He closed his prayer invoking Jesus Christ as the "head of the denomination ... as every president up until 2008 has acknowledged" -- implying President Barack Obama is not a Christian.
For background, read about the Minnesota legislature approving the marriage amendment vote for the 2012 ballot
-- From "Pastor's words shock Minnesota House" by UPI 5/21/11
Dean denies being "anti-gay" but has said homosexuals should be imprisoned for sodomy.
As members erupted in outrage, a shaken [GOP House Speaker Kurt] Zellers went to the floor and promised: "That type of person will never, ever be allowed on the House floor again."
Dean was not sorry.
"I said a prayer. If a prayer starts a firestorm, so be it," he said.
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From "GOP scrubs mention of prayer" by Baird Helgeson, Minneapolis Star Tribune 5/21/11
Dean's prayer caused such an uproar that Republicans restarted the session and had the Rev. Grady St. Dennis, the House chaplain, give a new prayer. The official House journal lists St. Dennis as offering the Friday prayer.
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From "Constroversial pastor's prayer draws outrage at Capitol" by Heather J. Carlson, The Post-Bulletin (Austin MN) 5/21/11
Bradlee Dean with Old Path Church in Minneapolis violated the House Chamber's long-standing policy that the prayer be nondenominational. He also implied that President Obama is not a Christian.
“It's not about the Baptists. It's not about the Catholics alone or the Lutherans or the Wesleyians or the Presbyterians, evangelicals or any other denomination but rather the head of the denomination and his name is Jesus as every president up until 2008 has acknowledged," he said.
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