Oh yeah? Well, I happen to have Jesus right here…
Wingnuts go berserk because Obama won’t ostentatiously lead the nation in prayer as Bush did on the National Day of Prayer:
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 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.
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Although there are no public events scheduled at the White House, representatives from the legislative and judicial branches are expected to attend an event the National Day of Prayer Task Force is holding on Capitol Hill.
But, despite numerous attempts to get a representative from the executive office to attend, “it doesn’t appear they are going to fulfill our request,” said Becky Armstrong, marketing and media manager of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.
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Task Force Chairman Shirley Dobson said in a statement that she was disappointed in the “lack of participation” by the Obama administration, adding that “at this time in our country’s history, we would hope our President would recognize more fully the importance of prayer.”
Dobson will be a presenter at that event, along with her husband and former president of Focus on the Family James Dobson, author Beth Moore, NFL player Shaun Alexander and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann
Bachmann! Perfect! Alas, here’s what Bachmann’s Lord and Savior Jesus Christ had to say about public praying:
Matthew 6:5 – 7:
5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Leaving aside the hideous inappropriateness of having a National Day of Prayer endorsed by a so-called secular government, what a rich vein of irony these wingnuts have so ignorantly mined! And how appropriate that Rep. Bachmann is in the mix, being that she is always “heard for [her] much speaking.” The goddamned heathen.
Posted by Betty Cracker on 05/06/09 at 01:36 PM • Permalink
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