You are so right!
Posted on 05/06/2009 10:06:56 PM PDT by kagoots
The White House is planning a muted observance of Thursday's National Day of Prayer, a response that has disappointed both Christian conservatives and an atheist group that wants to end the tradition. Congress established the day in 1952 and in 1988 set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama would issue such a proclamation Thursday but not hold any public events with religious leaders as President George W. Bush did. Obama's decision drew a rebuke from the National Day of Prayer Task Force, a private group that promotes prayer events around the country. The task force estimates 2 million Americans attended more than 40,000 events marking the day last year. "We are disappointed in the lack of participation by the Obama administration," said task force chairwoman Shirley Dobson, wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. "At this time in our country's history, we would hope our President would recognize more fully the importance of prayer." The debate over the day has landed in federal court in Wisconsin. The Obama administration has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which claims the day violates the separation of church and state. In a rare alliance, 31 mostly Republican members of Congress and a prominent Christian legal group are joining the administration to fight the lawsuit. Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-Director Annie Laurie Gaylor welcomed Obama's more scaled back observance but said she has been shocked by his administration's strong defense of the day in court.
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GOD will forgiveus.It is those in power right now that need to worry
This resident of the White House will only pray towards mecca when no one is looking.
He prefers to pray to the prince of darkness on his own time.
The guy just doesn't want photogs present when he rolls out the ole carpet and faces toward Mecca LOL
I see an opportunity to pray ;o)
AMEN.
Obama worships at the altar of Molech, the god of infant sacrifice.
And now he is going to Notre Dame.
When you see the abomination of desolation standing in the Holy Place . . .
Actually, based on actual events, he prefers to bow down to the King of Saudi Arabia.
Anyone here really surprised by this? Sadly, I am not.
OBAMA MARGINALIZES NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, however, celebrating CINCO DE MAYO in the WHITEHOUSE is just fine.
“By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matt. 7:16).
We Do Not Consider Ourselves a Christian Nation
Show me who your friends are, and I will show you who you are!
Is Obama a Muslim?
http://www.thedailychange.com/obama-marginalizes-national-day-of-prayer/
You are so right!
He will pray to Mecca in private.
“standing in the Holy Place”
Since when was ND holy?
I guess we got a clue when he was in Turkey and said we were not a Christian nation. When is America going to wake up!
May God forgive those that voted for him.
Why would he pray to himself.
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