mixing politics & religion is explosive; one wall we need to rebuild is that between church & state

[novapsyche]

Fate of Obama note alarms rabbis (alerted by ljdemocrats)

Senior rabbis have criticised the apparent removal and publication of a prayer note left in the Western Wall by Barack Obama on his visit this week.

[...] A note, or prayer, jammed into one of many cracks in the wall, is considered a sacred act - whether or not the worshipper is Jewish.

[...] Twice a year, when the cracks in the Wall become full, the prayers and messages are removed and buried - without being read - in strict accordance with Jewish law.

Guardian's take

(Also, tangential webcrawling brought up this. Wow.)