FAITHWIRE/ Dan Andros-
Politicians have increasingly felt emboldened to criticize prayer after tragic shootings, with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke being the latest to do so, using the f-word while condemning those who offered prayers in the wake of the shootings in Odessa, Texas.
The interview, which aired on CNN’ s “State of the Union” program, featured O’Rourke criticizing prayers before unleashing profanity, which he suggested will prove more beneficial to ending gun violence than appealing to the God of the universe.
“The rhetoric that we’ve used, the thoughts and prayers that you just referred to, it has done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence, to protect our kids, our families, our fellow Americans in public places,” O’Rourke began. “We’re averaging about 300 mass shootings a year. So yes, this is f***** up. If we don’t call it out for what it is, if we’re not able to speak clearly, if we’re not able to act decisively, we’ll continue to have this kind of bloodshed in America.” Continue reading…
