Seems fundamentalists are causing problems all over the world. In the Middle-East they are killing each other because of a difference in their version of Islam. Sunni against Shia, they battle over details of the Prophet's successors.
Here in this country, fundamentalists battle over similar disputes, but mostly they are Christian. Yesterday the reports of a couple of radical Christians trying to blow up a church they felt was a rival to their brand of the religion. Additionally the Senate was disrupted yesterday by Christian fundamentalists trying to shout down the chaplain giving the opening prayer. In this case he was Hindu, a first for the Senate and a good move toward a more inclusive version of this practice. The fundamentalists problem was that he was a heathen, (aka not Christian), and therefore not worthy of their silence or respect.
Personally, I think the Senate should not have a prayer any more than our public schools should. The implications of a state-endorsed religion are too obvious to argue. The Constitution expressly forbids this, yet there it is. Now before you go condemning me, I am a Christian and I still feel my religion should not be incorporated into the government. Our lawmakers can let their religious beliefs influence their decisions all they want, but to institutionalize a prayer goes too far.
Meanwhile, the radicals will continue to condemn and try to destroy each other. Sad behavior from religions who preach peace.
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