OK, WHERE ARE THE ACLU AND BARRY LYNN Now?
Yoo-hoo:
…The resolution to proclaim Sept. 24, 2009, as Islam Day passed the Senate on a 22-3 vote. It had previously passed the House.
The bill seeks to recognize “the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artisti contributions” that Islam and the Islamic world have made.
There is, as far as I know, no “Christianity Day” designation
in Hawaiian law, though the state did designate Good Friday a government holiday,
which courts ruled was “primarily proposed to increase the frequency of legal holidays.”
No such rationale here.
By Michelle Malkin • May 6, 2009 11:03 PM
See what others have said at: Hawaii passes “Islam Day” law and below:
20 YEARS WITH WRIGHT BUT WON'T CELEBRATE NAT'L PRAYER DAY?
President Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast the next morning. All Mr. Obama will do for the National Day of Prayer, which is Thursday, is sign a proclamation honoring the day, which originated in 1952 when Congress set aside the first Thursday in May for the observance.
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For Obama not to celebrate a National Day of Prayer is no surprise. He refuses to speak in a the presence of Christ's name at a Christian college,he professes that this country is not a Christian nation, he worshiped ( I mean attended for 20 years) Rev. Wright's congregation, he voted to kill children who survived abortions, he bows to muslim leaders, and he has yet to choose a Christian church to attend in D.C. The people who voted for him based on ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, are finding out just how un American he actually is. He is worse than any president I have ever lived under. I hope you O BAAA BAAA ma sheep dip followers are happy. You, too, will suffer from his socialistic deceptive leadership.
Obama: No Prayer in the White House
MADISON, Wis. — 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.
The Madison-based group of 12,000 atheists and agnostics filed the lawsuit near the end of Bush's second term. It asks a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and to order presidents and governors to stop issuing prayer proclamations.
The Obama administration asked U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb to dismiss the case in March. The administration argued the group has no legal standing to sue, said the tradition's roots date to 1775 and that most presidents have invoked faith in a higher power.
It also said the day does not promote religion and argued that preventing presidents from issuing a proclamation would unfairly restrict how they communicate with Americans.
Source: Newsmax
And this man, who doesn’t want to acknowledge the National Day of Prayer and supports the most horrendous form of abortion, is going to speak at Notre Dame’s graduation Ceremony??
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