NEWS: Jewish community awaits response from Speaker Regier

The Jewish community of Montana has questions for our lawmakers regarding equal opportunity on the legislative floor.

The Jewish community of Montana has questions for our lawmakers regarding equal opportunity on the legislative floor.

The major concern from the Jewish community is that a Rabbi who is a member of the house, was only afforded one opportunity to deliver the invocation.

Whereas members of the Christian faith had more opportunities than the singular Jewish member.

Now, Rabbi and representative Ed Stafman was on the docket to deliver the invocation, but he was repeatedly moved down the list, and only got to do one.

Non-clergy Christian legislators led instead, which the representative said made him feel "shut down."

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