WASHINGTON: Christian Woman Disrupts Muslim Service At National Cathedral

On Friday the National Cathedral in Washington DC held its first-ever Muslim prayer service, much to the anguish of Teabagistan. The event was briefly disrupted by a shouting Christian woman, who has been interviewed by (who else?) World Net Daily:

Christine Weick, a 50-year-old Michigan woman with flowing blonde hair who lives out of her car, rose from the packed National Cathedral, the hall of halls in terms of religious prominence in America, and moved toward the front of the church. She pointed to the cross hanging overhead. That cross seemed to be the one thing nobody wanted to look at, she told WND Saturday in an exclusive interview. The Muslims had set up their prayer rugs in such a way that their backs were turned on the cross, which they consider an alien religious symbol. Jesus was a prophet but was not the son of God and never died on a Roman cross, according to Muslim teaching. Yet, they found themselves staring at a woman who demanded the cross become the center of attention. She then blurted out the message she had traveled all the way from Tennessee to deliver. “Jesus Christ died on that cross. He is the reason we are to worship only Him. Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior,” she said. “We have built …allowed you your mosques in this country. Why don’t you worship in your mosques and leave our churches alone? We are a country founded on Christian principles.” She had instantly become a folk hero of sorts for thousands, if not millions, of Christians who read what happened or watched the video that was posted on the Internet.

Weick tells WND that she is homeless because her family has disowned her due to her opposition to same-sex marriage and "other moral issues." She first made an appearance on JMG on Mother's Day this year when a slushee was thrown in her face as she waved a sign reading, "Thank Your Mom Today That She Isn't Gay!" Christian Nightmares and other sites wonder if it's also Weick that stars in last week's now-legendary "Monster Energy Drinks Are From Satan" viral video, which now has nearly seven million views. She credits the Drudge Report for alerting her to the event at the National Cathedral.

RELATED: In January 2013, the National Cathedral announced that it would begin hosting same-sex weddings, prompting anti-gay activists to launch a petition drive calling for Congress to suspend its federal funding. Last June when the Supreme Court struck down DOMA, the Cathedral pealed its bells for several minutes in celebration. The Cathedral has hosted state funerals for several presidents, including Ronald Reagan.

The National Cathedral Is Promoting Evil

Tony Perkins says that if you condemn homophobia, as the dean of DC's National Cathedral recently did, you are promoting evil. So says the man with financial ties to the Ku Klux Klan and who keynoted the meeting of a white supremacist group.

Nat'l Cathedral Rings Bells For Marriage

Yesterday the National Cathedral in Washington DC pealed its bells (for a really long time) in celebration of the Supreme Court's rulings on same-sex marriage.

Cathedral spokesman Richard Weinberg said the bells rang at noon Wednesday for 45 minutes to an hour. Bells also rang at other Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian and other Christian churches. In a statement, the cathedral’s dean, the Rev. Gary Hall, says the church is ringing its bells “to celebrate the extension of federal marriage equality to all the same-sex couples modeling God’s love in lifelong covenants.” Hall says the ruling should serve as a call for Christians to embrace religious marriage equality.

Wingnuts have descended upon the linked story.

Petition Of The Day

Failed presidential candidate and probable vampire Ralph Reed is ever so pissed about gay marriages at the National Cathedral.

In recent years, the National Cathedral has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants. The Episcopal Church is one of the richest denominations in the United States and the oldest. According to Richard Ostling of the Associated Press, “the 7,364 congregations of the Episcopal Church receive $2.14 billion in offerings a year: Their buildings and liquid assets are worth untold billions." Why is a church with untold billions in assets and asking American taxpayers to fund their church? With this policy change, taxpayers are being asked to subsidize gay marriage ceremonies for a church that can readily access millions of their own funds. Pro-family and Pro-freedom Americans cannot sit idly by. We believe the definition of “marriage” to be the union of one man to one woman. If the National Cathedral wants to continue to receive taxpayer funding from Congress, they should respect Congressional action like the Defense of Marriage Act.

From the petition page: "Send a powerful message to Washington today by signing the petition below and making a contribution to the Faith & Freedom Coalition."