The First Amendment specifically prohibits the United States of America from having an established religion, be it Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Druid.
If you want to live in a nation that is legally "Christian", then you need to move to Great Britain where the Church of England is still the established religion.
These people were not arrested "for their beliefs". They were arrested for creating a public nuisance in the Senate just as they would have been arrested if they had started chanting "No blood for oil!", "Clinton was a rapist!", "Go New York Yankees!' or "Save the gay whales!".
Once you applaud the Left-wing tactic of shouting down what you do not like, including the prayers of other religions protected under the First Amendment, then don't be surprised when others who do not follow your religion decide that they have a right to start shouting down your prayers.
Furthermore, the idea of shouting out from the Visitor’s Galley is odious. We don’t want Cindy Sheehan to make a fuss? We must follow the same rules.
Unfortunately we have our own Christian "Taliban" here in America.
Agreed. We don't need "Christian patriots" acting like typical leftist moonbats, disrupting things. And this brings to light the problem with these sorts of prayers. The true believer is offended if the prayer does not match his beliefs, so prayer is either offensive to many people or else it is watered down to nothing. And this allows the leftists to pose as protectors of tolerance while we know that they would oppose any Christian prayer. What is all this "Christian patriot" business, anyways? Some people on the right mix God and nationalism like some people on the left mix God and socialism.