# Congressman ends invocation prayer in Congress with "Amen and Awomen" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653 "2021-01-04T20:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653/61 "2021-01-06T15:00:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh, I wanna see that. I wonder if old Quetzalcoatl will take a D or an R. Depends on what you mean by “take”. If you mean “eat”, it will choose whichever has been most loyal to it as its first meal. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653/62 "2021-01-06T15:00:53Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It’s pretty astonishing that anyone _didn’t_ realize it’s a dumb joke. Bad set up. If he meant it as a call out to the increased representation of women in Congress, he should have alluded to that in his prayer. Then if he did “amen”, wait a couple of beats, wink and add “awomen”, it might have worked. But in the current snowflake environment (left and right), that was a bad idea as implemented. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653/63 "2021-01-06T15:09:37Z")
I am in no way defending the _quality_ of the joke, or the _wisdom_ of the joke. I’m just talking about the _obviousness_ of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653/64 "2021-01-06T15:10:55Z")
Hang on, gotta dig out Grandma’s heirloom clutching-pearls. OH MAH GAWD SOMEONE MADE AN INCONSEQUENTIAL JOKE THAT’S VAGUELY COMPLIMENTARY TOWARD WOMEN. BURN THE WOKIES! There, now I feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653/65 "2021-01-06T15:14:44Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > So… yet another example of how, where state and religion mix, it diminishes both. Keep the prayer out of Congress and the devoutly religious won’t have to worry about bad jokes as part of prayer before Congress. It’s win-win as far as I can see. And in the meantime, keep making bad jokes in congress whenever possible, to turn up the heat. Don’t like it? Don’t make the rest of us sit through your prayer and we won’t make you listen to blasphemy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-ends-invocation-prayer-in-congress-with-amen-and-awomen/929653.md?page=3)