On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:06:09 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>> > "Observances of the National Day of Prayer took place throughout the
>> > U.S. in 2009 and again in 2010.
> 
>> OK. But it has been around longer than either of us have been alive;
>> it's not something Obama ass-pulled. I'm not sure what "The Obama
>> administration" refers to there, but I'm pretty sure it encompasses far
>> more than "Obama".
> 
>   I think you badly misunderstand.
> 
>   The federal judge ruled it unconstitutional for the government to
>   endorse
> the national day of prayer, and *regardless of this* Obama decided to
> proclaim it. In other words, he willingly broke the first amendment with
> complete disregard of the ruling.

I don't think you understand the text of the first amendment, and I might 
even be so bold as to say that the federal judge also doesn't understand 
it.

Jim

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