Inspired by Tim Tebow, Kontroversial Klown Starts Praying at Circus

"Dear Lord, please make sure that all of us get out of the car safely tonight, and that none of us are crushed to death."

A plea from the pulpit? Not quite. This somber epithet comes from none other than Boomba the Clown of the Ringling Brothers / Barnum and Bailey Circus. After witnessing the inspring sideline worship of the Denver Bronco quarterback, Tim Tebow, Boomba felt that prayer had a place in the circus as well. Now when Boomba fires a stream of water from a seltzer bottle into the crowd, he prays to Jesus that no one is blinded by the gag. He also prays that nobody is trampled by the elephants and that none of the acrobats fall from the trapeze. "I pray to the Lord that the sword swallower doesn't get the hiccups!" says Boomba, who also sells glow-in-the-dark crucifixes in the stands.
Although he has taken heat from critics who complain that religion has no place in the circus and that the praying is spoiling a good time, Boomba says there is no "bad" place to worship the Almighty. "This is my big-top church; this is my three-ring temple!' he says.