Commentary
Each day the California Legislature is in session, both houses have their chaplain offer an invocation before they start their business. Although most of these prayers are nondenominational spiritual thoughts, they demonstrate Californians’ innate respect for their Creator, consistent with the preamble in the state’s constitution: “We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution.”
