Say Anything Blog

I’m undecided on this one. On one hand, I agree with the protesters who were arrested for “disrupting congress” in their argument that claimed that this action was an abomination and that they were Christians and patriots.  However, on the other hand… Well, I don’t actually have a contrary opinion yet other than the fact that I don’t want to sound like a complete bigot.

With that said… Harry Reid personally invited Rajan Zed to lead the opening prayer on July 12th. This may not seem too controversial except for the fact that Zed opened up the senate day with a Hindu prayer. This was a first in the history of congress, and Harry Reid made an absolutely asinine argument for his choice as he tried to link the Hindu prayer to the war debate. He also said:

“If people have any misunderstanding about Indians and Hindus, all they have to do is think of Gandhi, a man who gave his life for peace.”

I’m not sure what that has to do with anything, but I think that Harry Reid has finally gone over the top. If his rationale is true, and he did in fact invite a Hindu to lead a polytheistic prayer to open the senate day to try to prove a point about peace, then we have a bigger problem with the senate majority than we can possibly imagine.

He would have been better off claiming to give honor to the Hindu people or their culture. That I could have found acceptable. He could have even made a lame “political correct” argument and I would have maybe bought it. But linking this to the war in Iraq makes the whole thing wrong.

There is also a wonderful post on this at the Stop the ACLU site…