{"id":737,"date":"2017-01-13T17:18:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T00:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2018-01-28T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T21:03:39","slug":"senate-prayers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?page_id=737","title":{"rendered":"Senate Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Idaho State Senate starts each working day with roll call for attendance, the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer (Rule 4<\/a>). This prayer is usually offered by the chaplain, a taxpayer paid employee of the Senate. This practice has been defended in a US Supreme Court decision (Marsh v Chambers 1983). There was a more recent Supreme Court decision<\/a> that upheld a city council offering prayers. Right after that the St. Maries city council considered having a prayer before their meetings, but eventually decided against it. I like prayers before deliberating important work. I believe they can inspire us.<\/p>\n

At times the Idaho Senate will have a guest offer \u00a0prayer<\/a>; indeed the Hindu prayer offered in 2015 got some national news when a few Senators could not find listening to such tolerable. In fact, I once gave the prayer in my first year (2011) in the Senate. It had been a very contentious year, so I wanted to inspire; I don’t know if I did.\u00a0 I was not asked to return. But listening to these prayers by various chaplains for the last six sessions I was moved to compose some I considered might be appropriate. Since I will not be returning to the Senate this year, I share them here.<\/p>\n

Prayers can be found on the main page by searching “Senate Prayers” or by clicking on the links below:<\/p>\n

First Senate Prayer (2011)<\/a><\/p>\n

Senate Prayer for Personal Peace<\/a><\/p>\n

Senate Prayer Before Debate<\/a><\/p>\n

Prayer Before the Difficult Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Prayer Before Townhall Meetings<\/a><\/p>\n

Senate Prayer for the Roll Call Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Prayer for Service<\/a><\/p>\n

Prayer for Parliamentary Procedure<\/a><\/p>\n

Legislators Prayer for the Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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