PRES. BIDEN PROCLAIMS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER 202O, PLUS HE WILL SPEAK ON THE OCCASION ON RADIO & PRAY.COM
By Mona Austin, White House Correspondent (The Slice): Today is the National Day of Prayer. Ahead of time the White House issued an official proclamation from Pres. Joe Biden, omitting the mention of "God" which was noted is a cause of concern for some Evangelicals who believe Democrats were trying to remove God from the public sphere. Democrats were accused of leaving out the "under God" clause from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. In 1988, the Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, called on the President to issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer, "on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals." Generally a reference to God in a proclamation about prayer is acceptable across all faiths. While the National Day of Prayer event itself was created by evangelicals as an observation to pray for ma...