Barry Lynn , speaking for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a First Amendment advocacy group, said that the incident demonstrated the intolerance of the Christian right and that "I don't think the Senate should open with prayers, but if it's going to happen, the invocations ought to reflect the diversity of the American people." Later reports stated that the three protesters, Ante Pavkovic, Katherine Pavkovic and their daughter Christan Sugar Pavkovic, were affiliated with the American Family Association , a conservative Christian organization which had previously attempted to block the prayer from occurring although other reports connected them with the smaller Operation Save America , a Christian organization based in Dallas .
 , speaking for , a advocacy group, said that the incident demonstrated the intolerance of the Christian right and that "I don't think the Senate should open with prayers, but if it's going to happen, the invocations ought to reflect the diversity of the American people." Later reports stated that the three protesters, Ante Pavkovic, Katherine Pavkovic and their daughter Christan Sugar Pavkovic, were affiliated with the , a conservative Christian organization which had previously attempted to block the prayer from occurring although other reports connected them with the smaller , a Christian organization based in .
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