by Lori Walke

Stitt’s post-inaugural prayer service spoke volumes about his narrow view of the faith community.

The inauguration of Oklahoma’s new governor, Kevin Stitt, was a series of celebratory events around the state. It ended with a prayer service the day after the inauguration that was timed as a way to symbolize how Stitt will put God first in his new administration.

As a preacher, I applaud the effort of the faith community to wish the governor well. It would be mean-spirited and counterproductive to hope he fails. But it wasn’t exactly “the faith community” that gathered to offer grace. The prayer service was not interfaith, much less interdenominational. At a past inaugural prayer service, one of our former governors expressed surprise that the rabbi approaching the lectern to offer a prayer was a woman. The idea that God calls women to ministry and their congregations ordain them was foreign.

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