Posted: April 26, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan just forced the House chaplain, a respected Jesuit priest, to resign - apparently for political reasons.
According to press reports, Republicans were upset with Father Patrick Conroy for not being enthusiastic enough about their tax cut bill and for once inviting a Muslim professor of religion to offer the daily prayer.
Father Conroy is not a left-wing activist; he was originally appointed by Republican speaker John Boehner and confirmed by a unanimous vote.
Congressional chaplains are supposed to be nonpartisan pastors, not Christian figureheads for the GOP agenda.
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