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ATLANTA — Georgia’s first Jewish and Black U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were sworn into the Senate Wednesday only hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The Rev. Raphael Warnock sworn in with two others as new senator Warnock was sworn in with Georgia’s second new senator, Jon Ossoff, who is the state’s first Jewish senator, and Alex Padilla, California’s first Latino senator. In this image from video, Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Georgia, from left; Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California; and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, on the floor of the Senate, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate Television via AP) January 20, 2021 (RNS) — Raphael Warnock, the Atlanta pastor long known as ...
The religious books used during the swearing-ins — and the symbolism behind them There were a number of notable swearings-in on Wednesday (though the President’s oath arguably received the most attention). Aware of the attention their ceremonies would receive, the five elected officials who began their terms this week chose the religious texts they’d take their oaths on with care. The Bibles — and, in Sen. Jon Ossoff’s case, Hebrew Scripture — that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and more used for their swearings-in this week reflect the values important to them:...
Print He wanted to continue to be their leader. He wanted to see the fruit of his labors. But it was not to be. Someone else was going to lead them home. He could have thrown a public temper tantrum. He could have summoned his base and rallied them into an angry mob to riot against the decision. He could have refused to concede. Instead, he blessed the people — and his successor — and encouraged them to continue to follow God’s lead. Advertisement Moses, as it turns out, could teach us a thing or two about how to live our lives right now — especially right now. Lessons about being a g...
Not republicans, it's donald trump. but, news flash, donald trump is still the republican frontrunner and could be the republican nominee. do you want your republican nominee -- you talk about sort of the appeal to working class people, but this is different. this is raw politics. >> i want the republican party and the conservative party to talk about values for real. this is all a bigger part of the values conversation. president obama has been critiquing and using the new testament to mock republicans, saying we don't care about widows and orphans lately. on immigration he says we need to ha...