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A PRAYER TO ALMIGHTY GOD~ and
A PETITION TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:

Dear Sirs:

Whereas~ in 1952~ Congress officially designated a “National Day of Prayer”; and

Whereas~ the “National Day of Prayer Task Force” estimates that last year two million Americans attended more than 40~000 events marking the “National Day of Prayer”; and

Whereas~ in previous years~ some of the aforementioned events featuring national leaders of various faiths were held at the White House and televised to a national audience; and

Whereas~ it was reliably reported that in May 2009 and again in May 2010~ President Obama’s first and second “National Day of Prayer” in office~ there were no public ceremonial events held at the White House to observe this day of great significance to millions of Americans; and

Whereas~ less than two months later~ the Washington Post reported that “hundreds of gay and lesbian leaders” were welcomed to the White House to observe the “40th Anniversary” of a 1969 homosexual-inspired riot in New York City; and

Whereas~ in September 2009 and/or 2010 President Obama held banquets honoring the Muslim month of Ramadan~ and distributed a YouTube video in many languages honoring the “great” teachings of Islam; and

Whereas~ his celebration of homosexuality and Islam while neglecting the “National Day of Prayer” sends entirely the wrong message to Americans looking to their President for leadership.

Therefore~ we~ the undersigned Americans~ petition you to reinstate public Presidential observance of the "National Day of Prayer" on 5 May 2011 with appropriate public ceremony and events to shine the light of God’s truth on a nation hungry for spiritual guidance.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.