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Clinging To My God
Obama tones down National Day of Prayer observance
For the past eight years, the White House recognized the National Day of Prayer with a service in the East Room, but this year, President Obama decided against holding a public ceremony.
Prayer has always been a large part of our nation’s history. Praying to the Almighty for guidance is, in my opinion, a very important action for ANYONE to take on a daily basis. Thanking the Lord for our good fortune, with without whom, we never would have survived this long.
“Prayer is something that the president does everyday,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday, noting that Obama will sign a proclamation to recognize the day, as many administrations in the past have done.
In which direction does he pray? Five times, maybe? I’m afraid the person we now have sitting in the White House is thumbing his nose at our connection to faith in our nation. Don’t forget us ‘extremist’ cling to our “God and guns”, the same way our Founding Fathers did more than 200 years ago. Guess that’s not good enough for Mr Obama.
The National Day of Prayer Task Force, a privately funded organization that focuses on mobilizing the Christian community, says it’s disappointed in this year’s toned down observance, but other groups say the president needs to go a step farther — and ignore the day altogether.
Why not ignore our very existence while you’re at it.
“It’s not his job to tell people to pray,” said David Silverman, national spokesperson for the organization American Atheists.
It IS his job to lead, with morality, which I’m guessing that Silverman has issues with?
“We are very happy he did away with the George W. Bush-era celebrations and party, but we wish he wouldn’t do it at all. … When church and state are separate, separate is separate,” he said.
I will repeat this…..again! There is NO ‘separation’ in the Constitution of the United States. NO WHERE! It’s not there!
“The White House is a small part of what the national day of prayer is all about. Tomorrow there will be dozens of events held in our nation’s capitol and governors from all 50 states have already issued proclamations recognizing the National Day of Prayer,” Armstrong said.
“It would be belittling to those millions of people to reduce this day to merely one event not being held at the White House.”
I pray. I pray every day. Recognizing the foundations of our nation through faith, one day out of the year, is not asking much of the POTUS. Evidently, he doesn’t feel the same.
