Pence and his crew got right down to business: They prayed.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

That’s 15 white men and two women. Maybe they should be praying for some diversity instead.

The prayers were apparently not enough to stop the guy near the door from sneezing into his hand during the photo. Franklin Graham, son of anti-Semitic preacher Billy Graham, tweeted out the photo and called for more prayers to stop the virus.

We see the influence of religion elsewhere in the coronavirus task force. Throughout American history, Christianity has been used to justify subjugating women and abridging women’s rights.

FFRF was founded partially to fight this noxious influence, but that legacy is reflected in this picture Pence tweeted of his team of men:

Link to tweet

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[USALiberal]

1. God should not need prayer to do the right thing. nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. "Dear God, save my pasty ass from this plague...

oh, and my job, too."

[Javaman]

3. shit in one hand and pray in the other...

see which fills up faster.

[bdamomma]

4. all the prayers

won't help these criminals I hope they all get it. They deserve too. Look at what they are doing to us and our country.

[Atticus]

5. Matthew. Chapter 6, verse 5----------

"And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men."

[eleny]

6. Meantime, Gov. Cuomo is actually doing things to keep us all safe

If he contains it in New York it helps contain the virus from spreading elsewhere.

It's been decades since I lived in NY State. But I feel Cuomo's efforts have national impact. As do the efforts of Gov. Inslee and any other government official who work every day to protect their local population.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Two women in the room. Would Mother approve?

[exboyfil]

8. The Lord said "Let there be a tax cut"

Amen.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. Prayer: How To Do Nothing and Feel Like You Helped ...

[Jrsygrl96]

10. Nothing makes me sadder

than to see propaganda, or misleading information from "our" side. This photo was taken on February 26, before the panic about the covid19. I know that because one of the women has ashes on her forehead from Ash Wednesday, which was Feb 26 this year.

I have no problem with people openly praying. My problem is WHERE they are doing it. I don't want to hear politics in church, and I don't want to see prayer meetings in a government building.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

14. Blame franklin graham, he is the one that posted the photo and claimed it was ,

pence holding a conovirus meeting, they only have themselves to blame by using fake news.

Link to tweet

[Mariana]

15. You can cheer up then, because it didn't come from "our" side. nt.

[Ilsa]

11. Was this on Ash Wednesday? The woman

on the right apoears to have an ash mark (cross) on her forehead.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

13. franklin graham posted it in march.

Franklin Graham

@Franklin_Graham
·
Mar 1


A touching & powerful photo of
@VP@Mike_Pence
& the President’s Coronavirus Taskforce praying when they met last week in his office. Thank you VP Pence and each one who is serving. Let’s join them in asking God for His wisdom, direction, & help in the response to this virus.

[stopbush]

12. Let's hope they were reciting my favorite Buy-bull verse:

Ezekiel 23:20 ”There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.”

[blugbox]

19. I honestly had to look that up to verify its accuracy...

I am shocked haha. Even if used as an allegory, that is just so specific and graphic... I'd love to be present during a church service that goes through the whole bible when they get to that lesson.

[Azathoth]

16. They tried that during the Black Death too

And back then they weren't just doing it as a photo-op either.

[Coventina]

17. Get your FUCKING CHURCH out of my government!!

[dalton99a]

18. Leadership by prayer and not doing shit.