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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Art</FONT></STRONG></DIV><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 4/19/10, Dianne Dawson <I><rcdianne@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Dianne Dawson <rcdianne@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [Apologetics] Fw: Judge Declares Prayer Unconstitutional - Here's What You Can Do<BR>To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics@gathman.org><BR>Date: Monday, April 19, 2010, 6:20 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> American Family Association <contact@afa.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> rcdianne@yahoo.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, April 19, 2010 3:45:47 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Judge Declares Prayer Unconstitutional - Here's What You Can Do<BR></FONT><BR>
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<H4>Judge Declares Prayer Unconstitutional - Here's What You Can Do</H4>Dear Dianne,
<DIV>Last week, Barbara Crabb, a federal judge appointed by former president Jimmy Carter, declared that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. Bizarrely, she said it is a violation of the First Amendment.<BR><BR>Yet the tradition of national days of prayer goes back to our very first congress and our first president. Just two days after members of Congress passed the First Amendment, they asked President George Washington to declare a national day of thanksgiving and prayer. In response to this request from Congress, President Washington, less than a week after passage of the First Amendment, issued just such a proclamation on October 3, 1789. <BR><BR>From a merely historical point of view, this makes it clear that it is preposterous to suggest that there is anything unconstitutional about a national day of prayer. Judge Crabb seems dangerously unaware of American history and the true meaning of the First Amendment, which was designed to
protect freedom of religious expression, not stamp it out.</DIV>
<DIV>On Thursday, May 6, I invite you to participate in <STRONG><A href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147483724" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Meet At City Hall</A></STRONG> from 12:20 pm to 12:40 pm during the National Day Of Prayer. At thousands of city halls across the country, individuals will gather to pray for a moral rebirth in our country. The National Day of Prayer is an annual event established by an act of Congress which encourages Americans to pray for our nation, its people and its leaders.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><A href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147483724" target=_blank rel=nofollow><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://action.afa.net/uploadedImages/Special_Projects/Meet_At_City_Hall/MeetAtCityHall.gif?n=5240" align=right border=0></A>Your participation in <A href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147483724" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Meet At City Hall</A> is very simple. Simply show up at your local city hall at 12:20 pm on Thursday, May 6. There will be others present. Spend the 20 minutes in prayer.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>If you want to help promote <STRONG><A href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147483724" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Meet At City Hall</A></STRONG>, we suggest you invite members of your Sunday School class or church to join together and organize, as you desire. You can invite some public officials, local pastors, church choirs, etc. to participate. The amount of organization and promotion is entirely up to you. Let us unashamedly take our Light from underneath the basket and set it on a table.</DIV>
<DIV>Sincerely,<BR><BR><IMG alt=Tim src="http://action.afa.net/images/timsig.gif" border=0><BR><BR>Tim Wildmon, President<BR>American Family Association<BR><BR><STRONG>P.S. Last week I encouraged you to watch "Secrets of the Mountain" on NBC. Last Friday night's family-friendly movie by Walmart and Procter & Gamble was the <A href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/tv-ratings-nbc-secrets-of-the-mountain-triumphs-friday.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>highest rated program on television</A> that night! This high rating sends a strong message to television networks that quality, family programming is worth paying attention to!</STRONG></DIV></TD></TR>
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