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Interested in Money-Finance-Stocks-Banking-Shares-Debentures-Finance ?? Sign up for your free subscription at: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-finance-goanet.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edgar Furtado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hindus press issue on U.S. Senate prayer > WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Groups representing Hindus have > asked U.S. presidential candidates to denounce > those who interrupted a Hindu prayer in the U.S. > Senate. Edgar, I don't think this is going to happen in the US anytime soon. As an American, you must me aware that "Macaca's" are sort of treated differently by American political leaders. Here is what one Presidential candidate had to say about Indians. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G7gq7GQ71c&eurl= > Three people interrupted the prayer July 12 -- the > first prayer by a Hindu cleric to open a Senate > session. The protesters were quickly removed from > the chamber and arrested. > > The Hindu American Foundation and the International > Society for Krishna Consciousness say no senator > has publicly came out against their actions, > The Washington Post reported Friday. > > Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had invited > Rajan Zed, a chaplain from Reno, Nev., to open > the Senate that day. A number of Christian groups, > including the American Family Association and > Operation Rescue, issued statements before and > after July 12 opposing non-Christian prayer in > Congress. Yes indeed, the US has a long way to go before it catches up with countries like Canada and Tanzania who have Hindu's as MP's. Mervyn3.0 ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.