I'm going to quote this article, because it needs to be quoted.
The rumor, as repeatedly posted on Facebook:
President Obama decided that there will no longer be a "National Day of Prayer" held in May. He doesn't want to offend anyone. Where was his concern about offending Christians last January when he allowed the Muslims to hold a day of prayer on the capitol grounds. As an American Christian "I am offended." if you agree, copy and paste ... See Moreno matter what religion you are. This country was built on freedom!
Obama cancelled the National Day of Prayer 2010. Well done Obama, well done.
Oh Our wonderful president is at it again .... he has cancelled the national day of prayer that is held at the white house every year .... sure glad I wasn't fooled into voting for him!
Wow! Last year around the time of the National Day of Prayer, Obama stated that the United States is not a Christian Nation and this year He has officially cancelled the National Day of Prayer.
The truth: President Obama has not, in fact, canceled the National Day of Prayer. Per a 1988 Act of Congress setting the observance on the first Thursday of every May, the U.S. National Day of Prayer will take place as usual on May 6, 2010.
The event took place as scheduled last year as well, though newly-elected President Obama broke with George W. Bush's practice of holding a White House ceremony on the occasion. Neither Obama nor any other White House entity stated that it was canceled so as "not to offend anybody."
You can read Barack Obama's 2009 National Day of Prayer Proclamation here.
I am neither Democrat nor Republican, and am not a Christian, but I'm getting rather tired when unfounded claims on BOTH sides are designed to sway the weak minded or uninformed to their own political agenda. Shame on them for using these tactics, and shame on other people for not doing their research.
Edit: The above remarks are solely to provide a non-bias towards this. This is in no way designed to flame, troll, or speak my spiritual or political views to anyone. I am simply warning people of what's going on.
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I think that spreading a rumor like this about the President is just messed up. But not as messed up as the fools who can't even do the research to find out if it's true or not. Usually the ones who do start spreading crap like this just gives other Christians a bad name.
I'm not ashamed to say, yes I'm a Christian. And whether or not there is truth to Obama "canceling" the National Day of prayer is not going to deter me from praying anyways. Why do we even need to have a "day of prayer"?
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It was a day set up in 1988 as less a holiday, and more an "Everyone from every faith can pray for something on this day. Unity without Prejudice" So, quite literally, you could pray next to an Islamic dude (which people should be doing anyway, interacting in a positive way with people of other faiths and religions), and praying for the well being of the country, or praying for the troops to make it home swiftly and safely, or pray for the earthquake victims.
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I am neither Democrat nor Republican, and am not a Christian, but I'm getting rather tired when unfounded claims on BOTH sides are designed to sway the weak minded or uninformed to their own political agenda. Shame on them for using these tactics, and shame on other people for not doing their research.
Edit: The above remarks are solely to provide a non-bias towards this. This is in no way designed to flame, troll, or speak my spiritual or political views to anyone. I am simply warning people of what's going on.
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Whoever made up the rumour would of gotten the knee-jerk reaction they sought however. No doubt about that
I'm not ashamed to say, yes I'm a Christian. And whether or not there is truth to Obama "canceling" the National Day of prayer is not going to deter me from praying anyways. Why do we even need to have a "day of prayer"?
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"He's black so he must worship some other God or voodoo or somethin'!"
He's Christian just like the majority of the US politicians.
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To a lot of closed minded people, yes it does.