We read:
"A federal appeals court Thursday threw out a ruling that would have prohibited the president from declaring a National Day of Prayer, in a decision that cheered social conservatives and occasioned much wailing and gnashing of teeth by groups advocating a strict separation of church and state.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced that it would seek a rehearing by the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel ruled against its challenge to the 1952 law, which instructs the president to issue a proclamation encouraging citizens to pray.
The Chicago-based court ruled that the organization lacked standing because it suffered no harm. It noted that the proclamation requires the president only to take action and does not compel any individual to pray “any more than a person would be obliged to hand over his money if the president asked all citizens to support the Red Cross or other charities.”
The decision overturns the April 2010 ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, a Carter appointee, who declared the law unconstitutional because it constituted a call to religious action. The appeal was filed by the Justice Department on behalf of President Obama.
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Good this is a victory for common sense over the idiolgy of leftist athesists wackos
When will a spell-check ever have a victory over Wingnut-Plover?
Oh, I just love reading Plover! He is SO representative of the teabaggin' movement.
Anon 5:03 If you believe that then keep on truckin' to 2012. People like you just make it so much easier for the tea party to gain credence.
-btm
Annon 207 your beyond hope of full recovery from nerdiness
When are the leftists in this country going to actually read the constitution?
It clearly says freedom OF religion not FROM religion.
Get a hooked on phonics book morons!
I agree with Nutcase 100%.
There is nothing in the constitution prohibiting the government from endorsing a religion. It prohibits the government only from ESTABLISHING a state religion.
And in case you libs don’t know the difference, think the church or England! THAT is what an official state church/religion is.
The origin of the phrase comes not from the constitution but from Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. Lean more here:
http://www.earstohear.net/Separation/letter.html
Also, the clause was written to keep the government out of the church, not the church out of the government/public square!
And to hammer this home a bit more, there is nothing in the constitution baring states from establishing religion, it just bars the federal government from doing it.
Jefferson stated very clearly: "No power over the freedom of religion is delegated to the United States by the Constitution."
More here:
http://www.earstohear.net/Separation/thebiglie.html#JeffersonsViolation
"Democracy without God is man's worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence or humanism, where man becomes his own measure for morality, judgment, and justice." - Myles Munroe, Kingdom Principles
Nowhere in the constitution is their anything about the separation of CHURCH & STATE it just prophibits a established religion
More specifically a national church (having regard to the Church of England which dominated British politics in the 18th century, and politicians etc, had to be members of that Church).
As long as were squawking about the real meaning of the U.S. CONSTITUTION then its only fair we repeal all gun control laws under the 2nd amendment despite what we hear from liberal wackos and infernal news scribblers
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