Hindu cleric Rajan Zed of Reno, Nevada is scheduled to open this morning's session of the Idaho state Senate with an invocation. Zed has offered invocations in a number of state legislatures and the U.S. Senate. The Spokane (WA)
Spokesman-Review, however, reports that Idaho state Senator Steve Vik is raising objections to invocations not in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Speaking of Hindus, he said: "They have a caste system. They worship cows."