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Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) urged Americans to realize that God \u201cwrote the Constitution\u201d and predicted an upcoming \u201cawakening\u201d during aninterview<\/a>\u00a0on John Hagee Ministries\u2019 Global Evangelism Television network on Wednesday.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cI think we got off the track when we allowed our government to become a secular government,\u201d DeLay\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0host Matthew Hagee, the executive pastor of the Texas Cornerstone Church. \u201c[W]e stopped realizing that God created this nation, that he wrote the Constitution, that it\u2019s based on biblical principles.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
DeLay, who was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy charges before a Texas appeals court\u00a0overturned<\/a>\u00a0the conviction in 2013,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that he has been trying to lead members of the House to Bible study. He then recounted an incident in which he \u201csealed off the rotunda of the Capitol \u2026 so that for three hours leaders of the House and Senate got on their knees seeking the face of God and praying.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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