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Day of Prayer becomes culture war skirmish

By Alliance Alert

Vermont Public Radio: "Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group, is sending out letters to mayors and governors saying that the day of prayer is constitutional. ADF attorney Michael Johnson believes the decision will be overturned, especially if it gets to the U.S. Supreme Court. 'Their whole case is premised upon the idea that just because they claim to be offended by it, they should be able to challenge the National Day of Prayer statute and have it struck down,' he says. 'We disagree with that. The First Amendment simply doesn't provide any of us with a right not to be offended.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).