The Arizona House of Representatives kept a pair of Bibles on a table in a members-only lounge, but suddenly, and recently, they disappeared multiple times, only to be found later by security officers under sofa cushions and in a refrigerator.

Now one Democrat member of the House has been caught on video removing them from easy access.

Fox News has posted online the incident:

The report said it was state Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, a Democrat, seen “removing a Bible from a table … and stashing it.”

The House had been alerted to the mysterious disappearances of two Bibles on March 23. The books normally are left on display in the House’s members-only lounge, where guests are allowed but only if accompanied, the report said.

The room is set up for members to retreat to take a telephone call or meet with other members or staff between votes.

House security decided to set up a camera after the first episodes, when the Bibles vanished, but later were found “underneath cushions of two chairs.”

A second incident resulted in them being found in a nearby kitchen.

Fox reported, “On April 10, when House members were in session, a third incident occurred, this time with the pair of Bibles in the lounge once again going missing from their locations. The security camera captured Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, a Democrat and ordained Presbyterian minister, according to her bio, removing the books and hiding them under two sofas in the lounge.”

The House member didn’t respond to questions about the incidents, but later claimed she had “no problem” with the Bible and was joking about “separation of church and state.”

House leaders said her comments made no sense.

This article was originally published by the WND News Center.

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