Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster

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Source: CNN

While cleanup crews and technical teams continue efforts to stop crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana lawmakers are proposing a different approach: prayer.

State senators designated Sunday as a day for citizens to ask for God's help dealing with the oil disaster.

"Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail," state Sen. Robert Adley said in a statement released after last week's unanimous vote for the day of prayer. "It is clearly time for a miracle for us."

The resolution names Sunday as a statewide day of prayer in Louisiana and calls on people of all religions throughout the Gulf Coast "to pray for an end to this environmental emergency, sparing us all from the destruction of both culture and livelihood."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/20/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T2

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Something tells me this isn't going to make one bit of difference... If there were a god capable of stopping the oil disaster, then he should have been able to prevent it in the first place. IMHO, it's bad enough when people turn to some imaginary being to try to solve their problems. It's even worse when you have elected officials doing so in flagrant violation of the Constitution's separation of church and state.