By Michigan J. Blogger
Just because some judge says the government cannot officially endorse the National Day of Prayer, doesn't mean the public can't hold it. In fact, because U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb decided the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, it may call more people to observe the day, which is set for the first Thursday in May.
Crabb, like most Liberal activist judges, decided to ignore the fact this country and the government has a history of endorsing prayer - and Christianity - so she ruled the National Day of Prayer is a bad thing in term of the government.
But, whatever. I like how the courts rule against all forms of religious expression when sitting above the U.S. Supreme Court are Moses and the Ten Commandments.
Now, Christian groups are planning appeals and the usual legal circus will follow and we'll get the same old Liberal anti-religious talk and we'll here from those strict Catholics Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi about privately supporting prayer while not endorsing government supported prayer so they can ride that political fence. And we'll get some all-inclusive statement from President Obama saying how he values spirituality or something, but none of any of it means anything.
I don't think the government supporting a day of prayer is a big deal because people who have a strong prayer life don't need it.
I also don't think the government supporting a day of prayer is a bad thing. It is not a slap at theists or pronouncement that people that don't pray are bad. The people against it are just being over sensitive.
I would like to see the Christians drop the appeals, tell the government to get out of prayer, and come together on the National Day of Prayer and many other days to ask God to bless this country.
Who cares what some Liberal judge says. This country was built of Christian ideals and prayer. No matter how hard the Liberals try to take that away, we can't let them. And we don't need the government's approval to seek God's face.
I totally agree with you. We can still observe a National Day of Prayer without the official calendar date telling us so and I’m sure many of us will.
However, I also say let us ban Mothers Day and Father’s Day also. There are a lot of us who do not have mothers and fathers to honor. I mean how ridiculous is this suit and I hope a higher court reverses Judge Crabb’s decision.
The government does not force anyone to observe this celebration, just like it does not force people to observe Christmas or Easter, and as far as I know, no government funds go to support this day. I could be wrong on that point, but I’ve not heard of any.
The Constitution says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The National Day of Prayer is not establishing a religion.
I guess I’m just sick and tired of atheists taking our rights away. We don’t step on their rights as atheists and I don’t appreciate them stepping on mine.