Paul Harvey and "The Rest of the Story"

Got this on email (so you know it has to be true...)

When Minister [name withheld] was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard

Heavenly Father,
We come before you today to ask your forgiveness and
To seek your direction and guidance.

We know Your Word says,"Woe to those who call evil good"
But that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium
And reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and
Called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness
And called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists
And called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children
and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power
And called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's
Possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and
Pornography and called it
Freedom of speech and expression.

We have ridiculed the time Honored values of our
Forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh, God,
And know our hearts today;
Cleanse us from every sin
And set us free.
Amen!"

The email continues

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.

In 6 short weeks [name withheld] Church, where [name withheld] is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea .

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio Program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

...the rest of the email (urging us to forward the email to everyone in our address books so that our nation could return to being "one nation under God") was deleted.