[newgeezer]

I can honestly say I have never heard a Christian offer a prayer before a mixed audience that embodied as much tolerance as these words.

"Tolerance"? How much "tolerance" does it take to say one's own god is the god of one's own prophets? Islam recognizes all those named as prophets of Allah.

[Illbay]

So you think that a Jewish legislator ought to be offended if the name of Jesus Christ is mentioned in prayer, and ought then to walk out, right?

[f.Christian]

Main Entry: ob·fus·cate
Pronunciation: 'äb-f&-"skAt; äb-'f&s-"kAt, &b-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, from Latin ob- in the way + fuscus dark brown -- more at OB-, DUSK
Date: 1577
1 a : DARKEN b : to make obscure
2 : CONFUSE
- ob·fus·ca·tion /"äb-(")f&s-'kA-sh&n/ noun
- ob·fus·ca·to·ry /äb-'f&s-k&-"tOr-E, &b-, -"tor-/ adjective

[cerberus]

"Tolerance"? How much "tolerance" does it take to say one's own god is the god of one's own prophets? Islam recognizes all those named as prophets of Allah.

If you read the whole thing you will see that he uses the words God and Allah interchangeably, which they are. For example the following passage:

"We ask God to bless the state of Washington so it may continue to prosper and become a symbol of peace and tranquility for people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds. We pray that God may guide this House in making good decisions for the people of Washington. "

The irony for many of the posters on this thread is that you are embodying the very thing that you claim to despise i.e. fanatical irrationality.

We conservatives are better than that.

[Elsie]

Islam recognizes all those named as prophets of Allah.

And then ignores everything the 'prophets' had ever said!!!!!!!!!