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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:36 PM Original message |
Hindu Prayer in Senate Disrupted |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is why organized prayers are better kept out of the Congress all together |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Bingo! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. And yet, when you explain to them that someone always feels this way when a prayer is forced, |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. i bet these fools are the same ones who want prayer in public schools |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well, yes, of course. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Yikes |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. So long as THEY pick the prayers nt |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Get rid of all this dog & pony universal galactic public prayer crap! |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. And yet, what an elegant prayer |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I remember, some years ago, attending an appearance by the Dalai Lama. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I agree, it is a beautiful prayer. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Exactly. Obviously chosen carefully to appeal to the largest |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Fundamentalism is self-induced mental atrophy |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 06:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. "the Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it" |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. There's a variation on that theme that goes like this: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Flip Benham is an anti-abortion leader. Of the bomb throwing type. |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And yet he was allowed into the Senate gallery, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Good point! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Your patience must've been pushed |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I've seen his sorry hateful ass in public also at a clinic rally on a |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. yeah. Flip Benham is one of the crazies. I mean REAL crazies. |
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Freeusfromthechurch (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. We need some hindu prayers |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. What makes the three so called christians |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Gotta quibble |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Actually, I'm gong to quibble with you |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Again, you don't decide who is and is not ANYTHING. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. They are according to the dictionary |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. While that is Strong in the Protestant Community, it is REJECTED by Catholics |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
61. Your friend has one prominent viewpoint, the other is equally held |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Fallacy. All who claim to worship Jesus are Christians, PERIOD. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Agree. You don't become something |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
62. there seems to be a rather large difference between the two... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. this is too funny, the protestors originally came to protest the Hate Crimes Bill |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Fighting the noble fight for their right to hate... nt |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Perfect. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. According to Pope Ratzo, all of them non-Catholics are defective religions |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. I think X-boxes and I-pods... |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. THANK YOU BOB CASEY! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. "...go and represent the Lord who made this nation great". |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. "sacred chamber of the United States Senate"?? sacred?? |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Bet they could find plenty of "money-changers" there ... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. The RW will claim that "Chiristians were silenced" |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thou shalt have no fantasy before MINE |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm having some trouble distinguishing these two statements... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Oh that's easy. Say "God" in Arabic and you apparently get an |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Of Course! (forehead slap!) I forgot the Cosmic Clearinghouse for prayers! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Throw them to the lions. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Sorry, we're a bit more humane now ... |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fair is fair. If they want it in government they better prepare for more of this. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fair is fair. If they want it in government they better prepare for more of this. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hey, here's an idea - let's avoid this by following the Constitution and not having prayers. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's like christians saying gay marriage shouldn't happen because it is against what the Christian |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. They're wrong on two counts, then. Because the Christian God |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Well, I'm with you. Pisses me off, too. How ignorant and rude |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
47. As a Christian cleric, I'd like to offer a simple solution to this... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Absolutely correct... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. The good news: there was only three of them. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. At least it wasn't a Mormon prayer |
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gorgan (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. They should have waited |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hmmmm |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. How did they pronounce his name |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. I guess it depends on which definition you follow |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
60. Throw ALL this crap out. |
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