Brickbat: Without a Prayer

Russian police arrested Roman Dobrokhotov after he tried to tried to pray for the nation to be delivered from Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.

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[Whiterun Guard]

It's like rain, on your wedding day.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The officers forced Dobrokhotov, a youth movement leader with a reputation for heckling at the Kremlin, into a cruiser as Putin supporters from the militant Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers hurled insults and holy water.

Putin could take a few lessons on dealing with hecklers from Daniel Tosh.

[Whiterun Guard]

Or Michael Richards.

[Bee Tagger]

You expect Putin to lower himself to the level of a Lithuanian basketball fan?

[Rich]

insults and holy water

Nice band name.

[SugarFree]

When religion and government work together, there's nothing they can't accomplish.

[Ken Shultz]

When the church makes itself politically partisan, it also makes itself a target of political protest.

Given all they suffered for supporting the tsar and then the White Army, the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church should know that better than anyone.