Barry Black, the esteemed Senate chaplain, says in his morning prayer: "We accept the results..."

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Manu Raju
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Barry Black, the esteemed Senate chaplain, says in his morning prayer: "We accept the results of the Electoral College and ask that you bless President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris." His prayer comes before McConnell's speech on the floor
8:04 AM · Dec 15, 2020

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1. Why

Is there a Senate Chaplain to begin with.
I see cost savings right there to be had. Use that salary to fund families in need.

[haele]

2. Because elected officials need confirmation of the rightfulness of their election.

They want to feel they're doing the right thing, or God's will, or something like that when they vote (or refuse to vote) so they requested a (supposedly) non-denominational chaplin to open meetings and console them in their privileged status.
Federally employed Chaplins are supposed to be moral counselors/therapists for those in doubt of their mission or judgements.
They're also supposed to be non-discriminatory as to personal religion or degree/lack thereof, which is not always the case, depending on the amount of wing-nuttery Congress will allow.

Haele