The Christian Post website reports today (April 30, 2011) that President Barack Obama yesterday proclaimed May 5 as the National Day of Prayer, continuing a long tradition in the face of protest.
With ongoing opposition -- from atheists and other nonbelievers -- Obama made sure this year's proclamation did not exclude any group.
"Let us be thankful for the liberty that allows people of all faiths to worship -- or not to worship -- according to the dictates of their conscience, and let us be thankful for the many other freedoms and blessings that we often take for granted," he stated.
The proclamation comes just two weeks after a federal appeals court overturned a 2010 lower court ruling that found the annual prayer day to be unconstitutional.
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