To: Sen. David Perdue (GA-2)
Tell Senator Perdue: Apologize for praying for Obama's death
Praying for the death of the President Obama is deeply inappropriate. Please apologize immediately to the president and to your fellow Christians for your hateful and selective misappropriation of scripture.
Why is this important?
At a major religious-right conference, Republican Senator David Perdue implied that Christians should pray for President Obama to die.
"We need to be very specific about how we pray" for President Obama, Perdue said. "We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says: 'Let his days be few, and let another have his office.'"
The very next verse of Psalm 109 is: "Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow."
For years, this passage of scripture has circulated among religious-right extremists who advocate "imprecatory prayer" - asking God to kill President Obama.
Senator Perdue's staff is now backpedaling, claiming that isn't what he meant, but so far he's refusing to apologize for his hateful misuse of the Bible.
"We need to be very specific about how we pray" for President Obama, Perdue said. "We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says: 'Let his days be few, and let another have his office.'"
The very next verse of Psalm 109 is: "Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow."
For years, this passage of scripture has circulated among religious-right extremists who advocate "imprecatory prayer" - asking God to kill President Obama.
Senator Perdue's staff is now backpedaling, claiming that isn't what he meant, but so far he's refusing to apologize for his hateful misuse of the Bible.