In a nation with cherished religious freedom, we can look to certain events as a small confirmation that, perhaps, some remnant of our Constitution remains. One of those moments occured today when Rajan Zed, a Hindu religious leader, performed the prayer opening the Senate's day.
If only we could all recognize that it is the freedom that makes us stronger...
As the ceremony began, three right wing religious protesters began to shout down Mr. Zed. Using "prayer" as political protest, they shouted out...
"Lord Jesus, forgive us Father for allowing a prayer of the wicked which is an abomination in your sight. This is an abomination, We shall have no other gods before you."
"There is only one true God"
"No lord but Jesus Christ"
Thankfully, the senate was being led by Senator Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania. Senator Casey was quick to have them removed and give Mr. Zed the opportunity to continue his historic prayer.
Operation Save America quickly put out a press release claiming responsibility and vilifying Senators for not having the "backbone" to join them in this "protest".
Included in the press release is the obligatory christian revisionist comment "This would never have been allowed by our Founding Fathers."
Of course, we would all have to ignore the fact that, far from all being Fundamentalist Christians, our Founding Fathers, included Deists that would clearly be considered "heretics" or worse by the current right wing christian populous.
It seems to me that we need to be continuously aware of those forces who, so similar to the Taliban, would like to usher in a new Dark Ages for the United States and force religious repression and intolerance upon our nation.
As we continue to fight a ridiculous war in Iraq, ignoring those who actually came to our country to harm us, we need to pay close attention to those who so easily adopt the mindset of the terrorist.
Now we see the repression delivered within the chambers of the Senate...
We have seen the USS Cole
We have seen Khobar Towers
We have seen the events of 9/11
but never forget...
We have seen the clinic bombings
We have seen the Olympic Park bombing
We have seen the doctors murdered
We are not strangers to terror, we simply need to recognize that it is coming at us from more than one direction...
.....edited to include link to video at http://www.breitbart.tv/... ...