Praying for the President's Death

by Michael Sean Winters

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Nick Sementelli, at Faith in Public Life, has the story. The Speaker of the Kansas House has finally found a Bible verse he can use to pray for President Obama. The only problem? Psalm 109 is a prayer for the death of an oppressive leader.

This is just so wrong. And coming so soon after the one year commemoration of the shootings in Tuscon, it is really, really beyond the pale. But, hey, as I keep warning folks, this is not your grandpa's GOP.

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