IS FAITH DISAPPEARING BEFORE OUR EYES?

IS FAITH DISAPPEARING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES?

“Fasting and prayer are religious exercises; the enjoining them an act of discipline. Every religious society has a right to determine for itself the time for these exercises, and the objects proper for them, according to their own particular tenets and right can never be safer than in their hands, where the Constitution has deposited it.” Thomas Jefferson, 1808 [def.of tenet: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true; especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession].

Because of the faith of many of our founding fathers, public prayer and national days of prayer have a long-standing and significant history in American tradition. For example, The Supreme Court affirmed the right of state legislatures to open their sessions with prayer in Marsh vs. Chambers (1983).

The National Day of Prayer (NDOP), was established thru a bill and signed by President Truman in 1952. It established that this day was to be determined by each president as a day of his (or her) choice In 1988, President Reagan signed an amendment to the bill establishing the first Thursday of May as a day where members of all faiths could pray together in their own way. Remember that last phrase: “where all faiths could pray together in their own way”. Now along comes U.S. Federal Judge Barbara B. Crabb.

On October 3, 2008 the Freedom From Religion Foundation sued President George W. Bush, et al., at a federal court in Madison, Wisconsin. Their basic argument, as always for a group of agnostics and atheists, was that the NDOP violated the basic principle of “separation of church and state”.

On April 15. 2010, Judge Crabb made a judgment on the case that the National Day of Pray was unconstitutional because it is an "an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function". Quickly, let’s define the term secular as found in Webster’s dictionary: “a. of or relating to the worldly or temporal; b. not overtly or specifically religious; c. not ecclesiastical or clerical “. Can we say a Progressive Judge??!! How did she justify stretching the meaning behind “a religious exercise serving no secular (non- religious) function” as being a constitutional issue. Please, somebody help me understand that rationale. Whether a religious function is inherently non-secular, by definition, does not deem it unconstitutional, whether the function be national or denominational. If Crabb’s judgment was credible, then all churches which received tax-payer funds would be unconstitutional. Now that would include ALL churches, since they receive tithes and donations from tax-paying citizens. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: THIS SECULAR PROGRESSIVE RATIONALE IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!

President Reagan went the extra step to ensure that all faiths were included and no one faith would be exercised over another. Another argument from FFRF that the National Day of Prayer would allow the federal government to declare Christianity as a national religion was a heavy influence on Judge Crabb’s decision. I guess even Federal Judges don’t understand (or have not read) the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

We have a secular judicial system to work with a band of Progressives and Socialists on the legislative and executive branches of our government. This country is, and has been, throwing Christianity (and inherently other faiths) out the window. AND WE, THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN!! We are long overdue to stand up to the court system and our governments, on all levels, and demand that all judgments regarding religious beliefs be based on our God-given rights as influenced by and written into our Constitution.

WE, THE PEOPLE of the United States of America can practice our faith at any time, regardless of what the courts say. WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, CAN AND WILL PRACTICE OUR FAITH AND EXPRESS OUR VIEWS OF GOD AND HIS ONE TRUE SON, JESUS CHRIST, ANY TIME THAT WE CHOOSE AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COURTS WILL JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT!! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE USA WHO PRACTICE OTHER FAITHS SHALL AND MUST PRACTICE THEIR FAITH ANY TIME THAT WE SO CHOOSE AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COURTS WILL JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT!! ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF MAY, MAKE A LOUD VOICE AND EXPRESS YOUR FAITH AND THEN DARE THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN!!!.