There is no mention of the National Day of Prayer on Congressman Roy Blunt's website, nor any of his fellow Republicans: kennetzforcongress.com, or www.myspace.com/potts4congress (the Democrats apparently haven't gotten their websites up yet), so this is the only website in this campaign with info on the National Day of Prayer.
According to Question 178 of The Westminster Larger Catechism (1648),
Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit; with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.The signing of the U.S. Constitution was commemorated by a Day of Prayer, and prayer has been a part of every Congress and virtually every Presidential Inaugural address since the Constitution was ratified.
There are some who claim such a day is a violation of "the separation of church and state." In 1999, Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota, refused to issue a proclamation for the National Day of Prayer, saying, "There are people out there who are Atheists, who don't believe at all. They are all citizens of Minnesota, and I have to respect that." Clearly, either atheists or Christians are going to be "disrespected" by every government action. The only way to eliminate all such disrespect is to eliminate all government action.
No Congressman who supports The National Day of Prayer violates his oath to "support the Constitution." It is clear that America was never intended to be a secular nation, but a nation "under God." For the first 300 years of American history (1600-1900) America was a Christian and capitalist nation. But the 20th century marked a transition to a secular and socialistic nation. This is because any government that will not acknowledge itself to be "under God" is a government that thinks it is God. The National Day of Prayer declares who God really is, and is one remaining weapon in our struggle against a Messianic State.
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