Obama Pander-o-Rama: Will Defend Unconstitutional National Day of Prayer

April 22, 2010 | Filed under: US,US Politics | Posted by: Jenny Donati

Barack Obama, Panderer-in-Chief, announced today that his administration will fight to preserve the National Day of Prayer. If you’re surprised, you haven’t been paying attention.

On April 15, US District Court Judge Barbara Crabb ruled that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, and represents government backing of religion.

That day, Obama’s spokesman announced that he intended to recognize this year’s National Day of Prayer anyway, on May 6.

Today, Obama’s Justice Department filed an official notice to appeal.

How this will play out in the Supreme Court is anybody’s guess . . . Yeah, OK, I can’t even type that with a straight face. Just as Indonesia’s Constitutional Court is happy to ignore its Constitution to avoid a religious backlash, so to is our Panderer-in-Chief, and so will be the Supremes.

Anybody want to place bets?

6 Responses to Obama Pander-o-Rama: Will Defend Unconstitutional National Day of Prayer

Baconsbud April 23, 2010 - 10:44 am

This is the problem with politics in the USA. People have to play to the religious to often. Until people understand religion is one the problems not one of the solutions, the politicians will keep doing this.

- JennyD April 23, 2010 - 3:35 pm
  
  But then what do you do about all those voters who are addicted to their imaginary friend, and expect their leaders to be as well? Therein lies the problem . . . Though Jesse Ventura did get elected as Governor.
  
  - Baconsbud April 23, 2010 - 5:21 pm
    
    I think that many of those at voter age at this time are stuck in the belief that their leaders have to be christian the same as them. The only way I can see of stopping this is to provide a better understand of what the government is suppose to be to those still under 18. This will cause problems with the religious right of course but I think the more that the religious right fights the more people are finding wrong with it. The media is another important part of the equation and until you can get a truly fair and balanced media there will be many that won't see that this government isn't religious but there to protect all people. Jesse Ventura got elected because of his name not his politics. If he had been an unknown he probably wouldn't have gotten 1% of the vote.
    
BlackSun April 28, 2010 - 1:09 am

I am as atheist as they come, having been actively blogging for nearly 10 years. But I have to say that Obama's playing it smart, spending his political capital where it counts. Lesser issues such as this one are not worth fighting about at this critical juncture of his first term. Remember, he's the first president to give a repeated shout-out to "nonbelievers." And he is one of the least religious presidents in memory. His heart's in the right place. I think he's making a strategic calculation. I'm willing to give him a pass on this issue for now.

JennyD April 28, 2010 - 3:01 am

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, BlackSun. I do agree that Obama is calculating every move — like his Easter speech about how important Jesus is to him, choosing Rick Warren for his inaugural, etc. — instead of standing on principle. I'm just not as eager to give him a pass.

ChristopherTK April 29, 2010 - 4:41 am

First visit to the site. I found it after visiting BlackSun. I'm reaching out to everyone regarding the petition to end the national day of prayer. 5,000 signatures so far seems to be a very poor representation of our group. http://ffrf.org/legal/national-day-of-prayer-vict…