Crazies on parade

If you’re headed to D.C. this weekend, you’ll probably want to skip the National Mall — the Dominionists are setting-up camp there to pray for the replacement of four Supreme Court Justices, among other things.

Visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend will find themselves in the midst of a tent city that is part of what organizers are calling “a historic weekend of worship, prayer and evangelism.” The project — known as “Awaken the Dawn” — will kick off on Friday evening and run all weekend, leading into Monday’s Rise Up rally, the latest in a series of political prayer rallies organized by dominionist preacher Lou Engle under the banner of “The Call.”

Like most Religious Right events, an overarching goal of the weekend’s events is to spark a spiritual revival that will bring America “back to God.” Another goal of the rally’s organizers is to wage spiritual warfare against Supreme Court justices who have upheld women’s right to abortion. Engel has urged people to build up to the event with 30 days of prayer and fasting to prepare to “shift history.” Some prophets have been predicting miracles.

Praying is no more than talking to yourself, so that’s certainly better than other things they might do. But it would be nice to be able to visit the nation’s capital without being accosted by crazies.

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