Thursday, May 2 has once again been designated as the National Day of Prayer. And once again, the federal, state, and local govts. have left the organizational duties for the NDP “observances”, to be held in cities throughout the nation, to the exclusively Evangelical Christian National Day of Prayer Task Force.
In order for anyone, Jewish/Muslim/Pagan/UU’s alike, to have their own NDP event recognized, they must sign on to a statement recognizing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and affirming that the Bible is the inerrant word of the “living God”. It’s bad enough that the non-theists of America aren’t even considered in the recognition of the NDP itself- but this has been taken a step further, and has been molded into an exclusively Christian “day of observance”.
About National Day of Reason:
A consortium of leaders from within the community of reason endorsed the idea of a National Day of Reason. This observance is held in parallel with the National Day of Prayer, on the first Thursday in May each year. The goal of this effort is to celebrate reason—a concept all Americans can support—and to raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the private sphere of worship.
The National Day of Reason website is co-sponsored by the American Humanist Association and the Washington Area Secular Humanists.
The Day of Reason also exists to inspire the secular community to be visible and active on this day to set the right example for how to effect positive change. Local organizations might use “Day of Reason” to label their events, or they might choose labels such as Day of Action, Day of Service, or Rational Day of Care. The important message is to provide a positive, useful, constitutional alternative to the exclusionary National Day of Prayer.
To facilitate the commemoration of the National Day of Reason by individuals and organizations throughout the U.S., the American Humanist Association and the Washington Area Secular Humanists joined together in 2003 to launch this National Day of Reason web site.
This web site is designed to serve as the focal point for an effort to recognize the National Day of Reason, and as a platform to offer a criticism of the federally-sponsored National Day of Prayer. We hope that it will be a resource to the community of reason, the press, and the general public.
National Day of Reason and Apostasy : National Day of Reason
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