Americans United Praises Federal Court Decision Striking Down National Day Of Prayer

[and-justice-for-all]

April 15, 2010

Congress Has No Business Telling Americans When Or How To Pray, Says AU’s Lynn

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today praised a federal district court for striking down the congressionally mandated National Day of Prayer.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the federal law violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Crabb held that the sole purpose of the federal law “is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.”

The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, said, “This decision is a tremendous victory for religious liberty. Congress has no business telling Americans when or how to pray...

more: http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2010/04/au-praises-federal-court.html

[hedgehog]

1. This devout Catholic ( Mass every Sunday and choir practice on Thursdays) agrees:

Congress has no business telling Americans when or how to pray!

[Clio the Leo]

2. And Congress is the LAST group of people to try to instruct us in prayer...

..... as they ALL "need Jesus." ;)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=You%20Need%20Jesus&defid=4866593