Psalm 109 Imprecatory Prayer Case to Go Forward in Texas

From Religion Nerd:

For the past year and a half or so, droves of right wing Christian websites have been selling a variety of “Pray for Obama” items — t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats, and even teddy bears — all sporting the slogan “Pray for Obama” followed by the Bible verse reference “Psalm 109:8.”

Psalm 109 is what’s known as an imprecatory prayer — a prayer to invoke evil, misfortune, or physical harm upon someone. The words of Psalm 109:8 are: “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” The next line is “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”

As Frank Shaeffer, appearing on Rachel Maddow back in November 2009 when this “Pray for Obama” merchandise was first becoming popular, explained: “[T]here is a crazy fringe to whom all these little messages that have been pouring out of Fox News, now on a bumper sticker, talking about doing away with Obama, asking God to kill him. Really, this is trolling for assassins.”

Indeed.

UPDATE:

Here is a clip of the Rachel Maddow show referenced above: