In the article, Repeal the National Day of Prayer written on May 6th, 2009 by Conejo Valley Democrat States that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. I agree with the author of this article because the President should repeal the National Day of Prayer. The National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional because it goes against the first Amendment in our Bill of Rights. In the First Amendment it is stated that you can believe any faith you'd like and you can practice or say whatever you feel. However, National Day of Prayer where the president has to make a public prayer and a proclamation that that uses and references the Bible and says, “under God” goes against that.
In the article it states that the President should take a step …show more content…
though it has been practiced and today in the year 2017 it was practiced President Obama believe that there should be a wall between church and state. In April 6th of the year 2009, Obama gave a speech saying, “ one of the great strengths of the United States is we do not consider ourselves a Christian Nation or a Jewish Nation or a Muslim Nation we consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
“ President Obama pride in himself by saying that we can practice whatever we want and by having a National Day of Prayer that is taken from us because for one day we are Shooting Gage and be a part of a religion of the government's choosing which is unconstitutional. as President Obama said we pride ourselves in being a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values and who are their own people. all in all having a National Day of Prayer goes against our First Amendment which is also sort of our foundation. the National Day of Prayer establishes a religion that the government has chosen for us and it does not separate Church from state if anything it brings it closer together. President Obama should have done more the National Day of Prayer because it's Unconstitutional by not separating Church from
In the article it states that the President should take a step …show more content…
though it has been practiced and today in the year 2017 it was practiced President Obama believe that there should be a wall between church and state. In April 6th of the year 2009, Obama gave a speech saying, “ one of the great strengths of the United States is we do not consider ourselves a Christian Nation or a Jewish Nation or a Muslim Nation we consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
“ President Obama pride in himself by saying that we can practice whatever we want and by having a National Day of Prayer that is taken from us because for one day we are Shooting Gage and be a part of a religion of the government's choosing which is unconstitutional. as President Obama said we pride ourselves in being a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values and who are their own people. all in all having a National Day of Prayer goes against our First Amendment which is also sort of our foundation. the National Day of Prayer establishes a religion that the government has chosen for us and it does not separate Church from state if anything it brings it closer together. President Obama should have done more the National Day of Prayer because it's Unconstitutional by not separating Church from