I was going thru the headlines on CNN today when I came across one I thought would provide for some entertaining reading. I was right. Apparently, President Obama has decided that the Whitehouse would not be observing the “National Day of Prayer” that Congress enacted in the 1950’s. While that doesn’t bother me so much, I thought it might aggravate some on the right and the left and I wasn’t wrong. The Comments Alone provide enough fun reading and good arguments against either side (liberal or conservative) and just go to further prove that MOST PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE THE PRIVILEGE of voting.

Its hard to sit back and watch the derisive nature with which the two parties have come to despise the each other with. Its like two rival football teams except much worse. The interesting thing is the number of people commending Obama for promoting “the separation of church and state” that the Constitution guarantees. The only problem with their argument is that the Constitution makes no such guarantee.

The First Amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .” but the phrasing “Separation of Church and State” actually comes from a letter by Jefferson, almost 15 years after the constitution was signed. The principle of keeping religion and government separate stems from the persecution many were under that caused them to fled to the new world. The founders of the United States wanted to form a country where everyone was free to practice as they wanted, as long as no harm was caused to others. They did not want to create a religion run by government that would be forced upon the people.

The national day of prayer doesn’t tell people who or what to pray for or to. The fact that people are using the National Day of Prayer to push their religion’s agenda (or their lack of a religion) on others is more disturbing then the fact that there is a national day of prayer. As Mr. Obama said, we should all be praying every day as it is, it is rather silly that we need a national day of prayer, but to use it one way or the other to push your personal agenda or ideology is more detrimental to the country than having a Day of Prayer to begin with.

For more info on the separation of church and state Check Wikipedia

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