On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:40:03 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Now tell me how a declaration of a National Day of Prayer by the
>> executive branch is (a) Congress establishing a law respecting the
>> establishment of religion, or (b) prohibits the free exercise thereof.
> 
> I'll just point out again that it wasn't the executive branch, but the
> congress, that declared a national day of prayer.

Somehow I missed that, but at the same time, I fail to see how telling 
people "if you believe in something, practice it" comes even close to 
establishing a state-sponsored religion (especially the way the founders 
were viewing it as it occurred in England).

Jim

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