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By proclaiming a National Day of Prayer, "the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience."

So wrote Wisconsin's own Barbara Crabb, in a lawsuit brought by Madison's own Freedom From Religion Foundation.

But the injunction won't go into effect unless the ruling is upheld on appeal, which is, I think, unlikely. Meanwhile, the nefarious violator of the Establishment Clause is none other than our friendly President, Barack Obama, who says:

"I call upon the citizens of our nation to pray, or otherwise give thanks, in accordance with their own faiths and consciences, for our many freedoms and blessings, and I invite all people of faith to join me in asking for God's continued guidance, grace, and protection as we meet the challenges before us."

It's that special day when the President pushes you to pray... or otherwise give thanks... depending on how you feel about these things.

There, now, has anyone been made to feel "that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community"?

Full post as published by Althouse on May 06, 2010 (boomark / email).