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For some reason this morning, there's a big rumor going around that President Obama has cancelled National Day of Prayer 2010, scheduled for May 6. It's not true, despite what your search engine and e-mails tell you.
Sounds like someone is trying to freak Tea Partiers out. I'd like for a forensic internet expert find out who/where this first hit the web. I bet it is from a leftwing nut. Maybe Hussein's operations.
It’s not a crisis of biblical proportions, but President Obama’s plan to recognize the National Day of Prayer on Thursday with a paper proclamation, rather than a public event at the White House, is ruffling some religious feathers.
“We are disappointed in the lack of participation by the Obama administration,” Shirley Dobson, chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer Committee, said in a statement. “At this time in our country’s history, we would hope our president would recognize more fully the importance of prayer.”
The Interfaith Alliance couldn’t disagree more.
“It is a shame that the National Day of Prayer Task Force seems to think it owns the National Day of Prayer,” the group’s president, the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, said in a statement.
“Once again, the Task Force is misrepresenting the purpose of this national observance,” he said. “President Obama is not the Pastor-in-Chief of the nation and Shirley Dobson’s Task Force is not the spiritual judge of the president’s personal or official actions.”
He didn’t cancel it last year, but he didn’t observe it, either, OR host it in the White House. The lead paragraphs from the Washington Times a year ago:
President Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast the next morning.
All Mr. Obama will do for the National Day of Prayer, which is Thursday, is sign a proclamation honoring the day, which originated in 1952 when Congress set aside the first Thursday in May for the observance.
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posted on 04/15/2010 9:23:24 AM PDT
by Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
That blog is not a credible source. I didn’t even hear a rumor yet that he canceled it but I wouldn’t believe that stupid blog since she sticks in there “He’s not a Muslim either”. How would she know? Bad source, choose to ignore.
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posted on 04/15/2010 9:26:46 AM PDT
by mojitojoe
(Our leaders seek to pit us against one another, and torment us relentlessly."Mark Levin)
Didn't he come out and verbally recognize the great moslem holiday this year? Yes, I remember he did! And he calls himself a Christian? What a shyster!
“On Sunday, May 2, 2010, in churches, when 40 million Christians and *Muslims* come together to worship, the Task Force is encouraging groups to take seven minutes to pray for the Seven Centers of Power (pray one minute each for these 7 centers of influence: government, military, media, business, education, church, *mosque* and family)”
"*" are corrections I thought I would correct it for them.
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posted on 04/15/2010 9:36:50 AM PDT
by Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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posted on 04/15/2010 9:46:12 AM PDT
by E. Pluribus Unum
(FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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posted on 04/15/2010 10:25:48 AM PDT
by ElkGroveDan
(Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
Hope it has been pulled from FR, because I seen it posted no more than an hour ago. Along with a couple of Palin/Romney 2012 headlines that led to non-stories, and a few other headlines designed to get us to fight with each other. All part of the plan.
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posted on 04/15/2010 10:33:52 AM PDT
by NavyCanDo
Wait...wait...isn’t it considered a great insult to show the soles of your shoes to someone’s face? How come only the guys up in the very front line are the only ones who don’t get insulted every time they pray?
I guess there is probably some kind of codocil that states that offense must not be taken when praying.
What a strange religion!
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posted on 04/15/2010 10:56:07 AM PDT
by rlmorel
(We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
There WILL be a national day of prayer. However, there are a few restrictions so as not to offend anyone: 1. Speaking the following words will NOT be allowed: GOD JESUS/JESUS CHRIST HOLY SPIRIT/HOLY GHOST CHRISTIAN/CHRISTIANITY/JUDAISM references(No JEHOVAH!) ANY JEWISH/CHRISTIAN MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS
2. Actual Judeo/Christian prayers will NOT be allowed. Hate speech is NOT welcome at this celebration, and neither is bigoted intolerance toward ANY people/culture.
3. Prayers that include references to "Allah", "Buddha", etc. are not only welcome, but encouraged.
4. Prayers that are (certain) religion specific are NOT allowed. Again, intolerant hate speech will be vigorously disallowed.
5. Prayers that refer to world peace, one world order, "feel good" feelings, "Can't we all just get along?" topics are most welcome. The more meaningless and non-specific the prayer, the more likely President Obama will grace you with his presence after the celebration to thank you for your input.
6. Don't forget to "ALL HAIL THE ONE!" at the end of your generic prayers! The office of teh president deserves that much respect, don't you think?
/sarc
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posted on 04/15/2010 11:16:29 AM PDT
by pillut48
("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
That’s what I said. He issued a proclamation. But he cancelled the usual White House prayer breakfast, which had been a long-time tradition.
I said he didn’t “observe” it. Which is to say, he didn’t PRAY on National Prayer Day, anymore than he observes Christmas or Easter. And he has only gone to church on Sunday a few times this past year.
It’s absolutely clear that he’s no Christian. And that he makes no effort even to pretend to be a Christian, the way that Clintbilly did. He just instructs the media to repeat: “Oh, of course he’s a Christian!”
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posted on 04/15/2010 12:47:29 PM PDT
by Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
He hasn’t cancelled the National Day of Prayer, but he has ordered that all prayers be facing east, and that they take place from the position of kneeling on a rug.
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posted on 04/15/2010 1:23:06 PM PDT
by Clump
(the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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