Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism, delivers a prayer from Sanskrit scriptures before the Idaho Senate on Tuesday in Boise. (APStatesman photo: Kyle Green)
An array of religious leaders, many of them from Nevada, are calling for Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, to apologize for her comments this week that Hinduism “is a false faith with false gods.” Nuxoll made the comments to the news media after she, along with two other senators, boycotted a Hindu prayer that opened a morning session of the Idaho Senate. Today, she stood by her remarks and refused to apologize, though she said she didn’t mean to say Hinduism was “false religion,” just that it’s based on “false gods.” “I said it was a religion with false gods,” Nuxoll said. “I’m not going to give an apology”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.
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this week that Hinduism “is a false faith with false gods.” Nuxoll made the comments to the news media after she, along with two other senators, boycotted a Hindu prayer that opened a morning session of the Idaho Senate. Today, she stood by her remarks and refused to apologize, though she said she didn’t mean to say Hinduism was “false religion,” just that it’s based on “false gods.” “I said it was a religion with false gods,” Nuxoll said. “I’m not going to give an apology”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.
