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I saw the movie and found it really funny too. My impression of that scene was that the minister wanted to remove himself from the situation because he was afraid of repercussions if it was to get out that he'd been at a dinner with a prostitute. A true Christian would have been uninterested in the politics and would have wanted to help the woman, or at least try to preserve her feelings and sense of dignity and respect as a human being.
That whole scene reeked of hypocricy on the part of all the people involved. The minister sat there and allowed his wife to be insulted without saying anything or leaving. It was obvious that she was hurt by Borat's comment about her lack of appeal, but he stayed there and let her be humiliated- probably because the hosts were big contributors to his church or something.
I also think there was a class/racial aspect to their reaction to the prostitute. Anyone who is familiar with those type of people would know that no matter how supposedly "christian" they are- that does not extend to having certain types of people from backgrounds different than their own, as guests in their home or eating at their dinner table.
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