The National Day of…
Today is the day that the followers of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy decided to designate as the National Day of Prayer. Recently of course this federal endorsement of religion has been struck down by the courts as unconstitutional. But no one appears to have told the federal government or the religious right about this.
While the White House on behave of the religious right attempt to appeal the federal Judge’s decision on the obviously unconstitutional nature of endorsing… wait, let me quote the President on this one directly, “I call upon the citizens of our nation to pray, or otherwise give thanks, in accordance with their own faiths and consciences, for our many freedoms and blessings, and I invite all people of faith to join me in asking for God’s continued guidance, grace, and protection as we meet the challenges before us.”
If that isn’t a government endorsement of religion, then I couldn’t possible think of what would be. What surprises me is Obama was a Constitutional law professor. He should know better. Obama is doing the bidding of the religious right and even though he is doing exactly what they ask for they will still vote against him and call him a Muslim.
Law can’t really settle this issue obviously. We are going to have to solve this problem ourselves the same way Christians solved similar problems in the past. If you can’t beat them, join them. Many atheist groups have picked today to represent a National Day of Reason. This is a great idea, but it is not the only idea out there.
Last week, I wrote an Examiner article about this topic as introduced by the Washington Post: On Faith: National day of prayer and masturbation. That’s right, masturbation! I created a really call graphic for the article too. I am very proud of it.
The point is that we should create as many different alternatives to the Day of Prayer as we can and demand that the federal Government give us equal recognition. I think President Obama should have to make a statement addressing the National Day of Reason and the National Day of Masturbation. We require equal time as mandated by the Constitution. Congress can not elevate one religion over another. So let’s create multiple religions and create holidays on the same days as Christian holidays which are almost all in fact pagan holidays anyway.
Filed under: church/state, culture war, faith, Law, Obama, People of Reason, Political Activism, prayer, Religion
