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Pastors pray for lawmakers on Capitol Hill

Nearly 100 pastors from around Tennessee descended on Capitol HIll Tuesday to pray and get involved.

They came at the invitation of former state senator David Fowler who now runs a group called The Family Action Council of Tennessee.

During a morning meeting in the House Chambers where Bibles replaced legislative agendas, the preachers were asked to pray for the lawmakers whose seats they occupied.

"You may have don the most important thing you do all day... pray for person," proclaimed Fowler.

LaVergne Pastor Birdie Parker prayed for Rep. Charles Curtiss who was in another part of the Capitol debating DUI laws.

"By faith he felt it and whatever I prayed for God will answer," she said.

The lawmaker was asked to respond to prayers for him.

"Nah, I did not feel anything, but I am thankful they were praying for me, " said Curtiss.

The prayers were just part of the event called Pastor's Day on the Hill.

Former Senator Fowler said, "We want them to be part of this political process and everyone has that right."

Fowler listed a variety of issues that should be of concern for pastors. At the top of his list were TV obscenity, gay adoption, and a proposed state constitutional amendment that would add anti-abortion language to the document.

But one of the lawmakers who received the prayers from Pastor's Day is skeptical about public policy from the pulpit.

"I think [pastors] got to be careful if they are doing it from the pulpit. I think when they are in the pulpit they need to be dealing with God's word. Out in life they have rights like the rest of us, " said Rep. Curtiss.