NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee pastor has opened a legislative session by praying against what she considers judicial tyranny and federal overreach.
In today’s invocation before the state Senate, Pastor June Griffin said Tennesseans have been “downtrodden by the wicked courts” and have been made “subject to a tyrannical judiciary.”
The lawmakers met a day after Gov. Bill Haslam convened a special session to discuss his plan to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans. Many of his fellow Republicans in the Legislature are dubious about the plan because it relies on funds initially available under President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Griffin invited prayer requests before she prayed. One legislator asked that she pray for lawmakers as they decide whether to approve the governor’s proposal.
In her invocation, Griffin prayed that God “would be our coverage,” and “that we would not be forced into this.”
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