Why are Christians so unChrist-like?
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WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- Three Christian protesters were arrested Thursday in the U.S. Senate when they tried to shout down the first Hindu guest chaplain to give the opening prayer.
Rajan Zed of the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada in Utah was invited to give the prayer by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Zed, dressed in a saffron robe, was at the dais when the three began yelling, The Hill reported.
The Rev. Flip Benham of Operation Rescue said the three did not plan to protest Zed but happened to be in the public gallery after coming to Washington to lobby against proposed hate crimes legislation. He said they recited the First Commandment, which begins "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," and said Christian prayers.
"It was a shocking event for all of us Christians," Benham said. "For all of these years we have honored the God of our Founding Fathers. It wasn't a group of Hindus, Buddhists or Muslims that came here. It was Christians."
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police identified the three protesters as Ante Nedlko Pavkovic, Katherine Lynn Pavkovic and Christan Renee Sugar.
Rajan Zed of the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada in Utah was invited to give the prayer by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Zed, dressed in a saffron robe, was at the dais when the three began yelling, The Hill reported.
The Rev. Flip Benham of Operation Rescue said the three did not plan to protest Zed but happened to be in the public gallery after coming to Washington to lobby against proposed hate crimes legislation. He said they recited the First Commandment, which begins "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," and said Christian prayers.
"It was a shocking event for all of us Christians," Benham said. "For all of these years we have honored the God of our Founding Fathers. It wasn't a group of Hindus, Buddhists or Muslims that came here. It was Christians."
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police identified the three protesters as Ante Nedlko Pavkovic, Katherine Lynn Pavkovic and Christan Renee Sugar.
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