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Christian Right Activists Disrupt First Hindu Prayer In Senate: "This Is An Abomination"

First Posted: 3/28/08 Updated: 5/25/11

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Today was a historic first for religion in America's civic life: For the very first time, a Hindu delivered the morning invocation in the Senate chamber -- only to find the ceremony disrupted by three Christian right activists.

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