President Barack Obama attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast this morning. Any Buddhists in attendance? I don't think so. If Buddhists were invited I did not find a report of it. What I did find was this New York Times article about the deliberately shadowy group that sponsors the event:

Usually, the annual event passes with little notice. But this year, an ethics group in Washington has asked President Obama and Congressional leaders to stay away from the breakfast, on Thursday...

The objections are focused on the sponsor of the breakfast, a secretive evangelical Christian network called The Fellowship, also known as The Family, and accusations that it has ties to legislation in Uganda that calls for the imprisonment and execution of homosexuals.

The Family? I'm creeped out already. Here's more from the CREW website:

The Fellowship has been cultivating an unorthodox brand of Christianity amongst the political, military, and economic elite of America and other countries for over 50 years, focused on meeting Jesus "man-to-man." The group operates in secret, away from the "din of the vox populi." Doug Coe, described as "The Stealth Persuader," has led the group since 1969.

The one time of year when the Family emerges from the shadows is the annual National Prayer Breakfast, its signature event. This large-scale function serves as a recruiting tool for the group, but is often misconstrued by attendees as an official government event....

Holy culty deception. The Family also provides lodging for philandering politicians. I'd say this almost rivals Sun Myung Moon's infiltration/manipulation of D.C.