Atheist Group Sues Bush Over National Prayer Day

Posted: 11:13 AM Oct 4, 2008

President Bush is being sued over the National Day of Prayer. A group called the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin. The litigation contends that proclamations calling on Americans to pray violate the constitutional ban on government endorsement of religion.

Reporter: Associated Press

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President Bush is being sued over the National Day of Prayer.

A group called the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin. The litigation contends that proclamations calling on Americans to pray violate the constitutional ban on government endorsement of religion.

The foundation represents the largest group of atheists and agnostics in the nation. The suit says the designation of the first Thursday in May as a national day of prayer creates a "hostile environment for nonbelievers." It also says they're made to feel like political outsiders.

The Supreme Court has rejected previous lawsuits by the group, including one last year that challenged President Bush's faith-based initiative.

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Posted by: Kylene Location: Denver, CO on Oct 15, 2008 at 09:37 AM

Atheists are anti-religion. They (in general) attack Christianity more because it is a major religion that has lasted thru many attacks, because it is true and because it has a lot of evidence to back it up. for example, Mount. Saint Helen. It did the same thing a matter of hours that evolutionists say took millions to billions of years.
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Posted by: Jeff Location: Colorado Springs on Oct 6, 2008 at 09:39 PM

First, this lawsuit is being based on something that is not in the constitution. The statement about a separation is from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote in the early 1800s. This statement say NOTHING about a total ban on any public religious expression (including Christianity) that is widely believed today. Second, Abraham Lincoln is the one who established a national day of prayer on Thursday April 30, 1863.
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Posted by: Anonymous Location: c springs on Oct 6, 2008 at 08:15 PM

Technically, under the ideal of separation of church and state, I really don't think that the government (federal or state) can in any way endorse anything involving any sort of religion. Understand that atheists and agnostics are not "anti-christian." I think that it appears that way because there are no "national day of buddah" or anything like that. The unfortunate issue here is that many Christians (not all of them) believe that their way is the only way. If I only had a dollar for every single time I have had a bible shoved in my face for some reason or another. And frankly, I think people should believe however they want, Christian or otherwise. But no one has the right to push it in my face. Period. No one of any religion should feel ostracized by the government based on their religion. That is the point here. And atheists and agnostics are NOT satan worshippers. You guys are all taking this off of the deep end. If not God, then it must be the Devil? Please.
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