4 February 2010 Not so national prayer breakfast.

4 February 2010 Not so national prayer breakfast.


Amid lots of press coverage, the “national prayer breakfast” took place this morning.

This highly exclusive event is yet another example of a theocon power base working to avoid recognition as they attempt to gain more control of the nation’s political system.

The event is not sponsored by the United States government but is staged and named so as to make it appear as if the government validates its existence. This is done by inviting members of Congress, of the Administration, and some foreign officials. But the actual sponsor, “the Fellowship”, known also as “C-Street” and “the Family,” is a highly secretive group of evangelical legislators and lobbyists.

“C Street” refers to a residence on C Street occupied by members of the Fellowship. There were held the meetings that were documented in the affair of Senator Ensign of Nevada. In addition, other GOP elected officials have been counseled by lay preachers, forgiving them for their various affairs, criminal, ðical violations, and telling them that they are supposed to become wealthy as a by-product of their membership in an elite religious group. There are reports that members of this group actually feel that they are above the law by virtue of being “the new chosen”, an elite that exists on a higher spiritual plane than do most people. Being of the “new chosen” not only elevates their status and relationship with the God they pray to; it places them outside the criminal law in matters such as bribery, theft, perjury, rape, and perhaps even murder. One of the best discussions of this can be found in the article linked below:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/19/behind-closed-doors-c-street/

Please read the article carefully. The idea that their membership in this group elevates them to a superior status above the common law, suggest that not only have they included the Nazi model mentioned in the cited article; but that they may even believe that they are divinely selected to hold their offices. This is extremely dangerous at a time in our history when there is already too much influence by religious leaders and organizations in public life. There are enough people who would accept the argument that a particular minister is in direct communication with a deity to allow a religious cult to become too ingrained in our political structure.

There is no “national” in this function. It is an exclusive device organized to allow the religious group to plant ideas and attempt to make connections to increase their access to power. There are no Rabbis or Imams in attendance, no Orthodox Priests, no Wiccans, Buddhists, Hindus, at the tables. There is no attempt to unify all Americans in common interests but there is every effort to ram the wedge of evangelism between the Constitution and the voters who actually believe that theocracy is wrong for this or any other nation.

Even some Baptist churches joined in an alternative function this morning, protesting, in part, the Family’s support of the Ugandan legislation making homosexuality a capital offense. There is no reason for our Congress to support Uganda in such misapplication of laws. There is, likewise, no reason that any group of self-deluding hypocrites should gain any amount of control in our government.

As long as this group of theocons exists in Washington D.C., there should be no national prayer breakfast. Until the faces invited to dine represent all Americans, there can be no national prayer breakfast.