text: Bill, I see your "screw prayer" comment not as irreverence, but as the Broken Hallelujah of Leonard Cohen's song of the same title, in the second verse where he confronts those who would attempt to police and control his spiritual expression.  We need to grieve, lament, experience righteous anger and hunger for justice.  Those who would limit Christian behavior to passive niceness or stoic piety are depriving themselves of their full humanity and I offer them a resounding "No!"  Your verse from Isaiah is apt and fitting.  If it was originally written to Sodom and Gomorrah, this would make it all the more fitting for this country which is also idolatrous, of power, guns and self-absorption.  I also feel the need at times to take a break from NCR's comments but hope you won't stay away too long as your comments are worthwhile.