I'd give anything if the congregation could have advance warning and had rounded up every garden snake they could find. Put the garden snakes in a basket, and when the NYT reporter walks in the door, pull 'em out and start dancing!
There's nothing like gratifying the expectations of gullible liberals....
THanks for the ping..If you go to Sunday's NY Times..the editorial Review section..there's a big column about this by the paper's ombudsman..