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US Senate to open with Hindu prayers
Times of India ^ | 27 June 2007

Posted on 07/04/2007 1:28:03 PM PDT by Coleus

History will be created when a Hindu prayer will be recited at the opening of the US Senate in Washington DC on July 12.

Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain, said that he had been officially asked to say the prayer. He said he believes this may be the first time any Hindu prayer is delivered in the Senate since its formation in 1789.

Zed is likely to choose the prayer from the Rig Veda, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita. He said he plans to start and end the prayer with 'Om', the mystical Hindu syllable. The full text of the prayer will be included in the Congressional Record.

There are an estimated two million Indian Americans in the US.

Followers of Hindu groups like ISKCON may add up to another one million.

“July 12 will be an illustrious day for all Americans and a memorable day for Indian Americans when prayers from ancient Hindu scriptures will be read in the great hall of democracy,” Zed said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christianity; christiannation; churchandstate; congress; dcbitchfest; disgrace; garky; hindu; india; pagan; senate; treason; ungodly; ussenate; westerncivilization
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1 posted on 07/04/2007 1:28:06 PM PDT by Coleus
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To: Coleus

Yes, but how big is the Congressional Hindu Caucus? Does it even have one member?


2 posted on 07/04/2007 1:30:07 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Thompson for President: 2008, 2012: Jindal for President 2016, 2020)
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To: Coleus

The Sergeant at Arms asked for show of hands and Vishuaniceday (or whatever his name is) raised all 414 and carried the motion.


3 posted on 07/04/2007 1:30:31 PM PDT by trek
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To: Coleus

Yeah, well, whatever. Have any Hindus piloted civilian aircraft into any of our skyscrapers, or planted any IEDs to kill or main our marines?


4 posted on 07/04/2007 1:30:46 PM PDT by Asclepius
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To: Coleus

“Hindu chaplain”—Is there such a thing in the Hindu religion?


5 posted on 07/04/2007 1:30:56 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Coleus

When do we get to do Scientology ?


6 posted on 07/04/2007 1:31:31 PM PDT by expatguy (No Longer a Luddite - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: lilylangtree

no


7 posted on 07/04/2007 1:31:53 PM PDT by expatguy (No Longer a Luddite - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: Coleus

When are the Satanists going to be fully represented in the Senate? Prayer-wise I meant.


8 posted on 07/04/2007 1:32:01 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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To: Coleus

Better Hindu than Muslim.


9 posted on 07/04/2007 1:32:42 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Coleus

And the point of doing this is??


10 posted on 07/04/2007 1:33:08 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: Coleus

Not that big of a deal in a time when our president celebrates Ramadan in the White House.


12 posted on 07/04/2007 1:34:08 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: expatguy

Our Republic is being made a mockery of.... So sad.


13 posted on 07/04/2007 1:34:24 PM PDT by MrLee
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“When do we get to do Scientology ?”

P C run amok!


14 posted on 07/04/2007 1:34:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: BipolarBob

Will they eventually have an agnostic give no prayer?


15 posted on 07/04/2007 1:35:05 PM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: Coleus

Didn’t they do this already when the last thread was posted?


16 posted on 07/04/2007 1:35:29 PM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: Coleus

Probably one of those wacky “diversity” things that liberals love so much. What a bunch of buffoons.


17 posted on 07/04/2007 1:36:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer
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To: Coleus

“holy cow”! lunch to follow the hindu festivities, catered by Outback Steak House-


18 posted on 07/04/2007 1:36:47 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Coleus

SAVAGE announced this a week ago,,,,,old news for SAVAGE fans.


19 posted on 07/04/2007 1:37:24 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (HEY JORGE, SHUT UP AND BUILD THE BLEEPING FENCE, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.)
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“[When] the [Virginia] bill for establishing religious freedom... was finally passed,... a singular proposition proved that its protection of opinion was meant to be universal. Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word “Jesus Christ,” so that it should read “a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion.” The insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend within the mantle of its protection the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo and infidel of every denomination.” —Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography, 1821. ME 1:67


20 posted on 07/04/2007 1:37:34 PM PDT by angkor
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