Hindus press issue on U.S. Senate prayer WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Groups representing Hindus have asked U.S. presidential candidates to denounce those who interrupted a Hindu prayer in the U.S. Senate.
Three people interrupted the prayer July 12 -- the first prayer by a Hindu cleric to open a Senate session. The protesters were quickly removed from the chamber and arrested. The Hindu American Foundation and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness say no senator has publicly came out against their actions, The Washington Post reported Friday. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had invited Rajan Zed, a chaplain from Reno, Nev., to open the Senate that day. A number of Christian groups, including the American Family Association and Operation Rescue, issued statements before and after July 12 opposing non-Christian prayer in Congress. Christian groups have said the protesters -- Ante Nedlko Pavkovic, Katherine Lynn Pavkovic and their daughter, Christan Renee Sugar, all of Davidson, N.C. -- acted alone. Copyright 2007 by United Press International > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070728/429b0221/attachment.html
