Onward, Kristian Soldiers...

I've used the Coaster Punchman spelling because I can't bear to think that the three assholes I'm going to talk about should in any way be thought of as "Christian" the way I was brought up.

Here's the deal:

For the first time ever, a Hindu was going to deliver the morning invocation in the United States Senate. Pretty cool, seeing as how there are about a billion Hindus in the world. Why not? And he seemed like a nice, mild-mannered guy. He started his prayer, and then the self-appointed REAL KRISTIANS started yelling. They continued their blasphemous bullshit as they were dragged from the floor of the Senate.

The ejected crackpots were all members of Operation Save America, which issued a crowing press release after the event. What kind of asshole does this? The Hindu preacher wasn't up there advocating human sacrifice, or proclaiming Hinduism to be the One True Faith. He was offering up what sounded like a thoroughly decent, ecumenical prayer. And the mere fact of his Hinduism was enough to send these three people into fits. Listen to what this chaplain says--you could hear these same words at many mainstream Christian churches on any given Sunday. What kind of backwards-ass jerkwater reactionary do you have to be to be offended by this?

God forbid these people ever get real power. The mind reels.

Here's a video of the event: