Atheists Demand Members of Congress Stop Taking Part in National Prayer Breakfast

Billy Hallowell : Nov 4, 2021
Faithwire.com

The National Prayer Breakfast dates back to 1953, when the tradition was launched by then-President Dwight Eisenhower. It has expanded over the years and remains one of the most popular annual events in Washington.

[Faithwire.com] Atheist activists are calling on congressional members to halt participation in the National Prayer Breakfast, a decades-old, annual tradition attended by the president and other high-ranking officials from both parties. (Image: Pixabay)

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist activist group based in Madison, Wisconsin, reportedly reached out to every member of Congress who sponsored the 2021 event and urged them to abandon future plans.

"Are we really still doing this in 2021?" FFRF co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor said in a statement. "Year after year, scandal after scandal, and still not a single prayer has been answered."

Gaylor went on to say the separation of church and state is being disrespected with participants' mixture of politics and faith and that "their god doesn't give a fig for their mimosa-driven pleas."

A subject line on at least one copy of the letter sent to members of Congress read, "Please stop sponsoring and attending the National Prayer Breakfast"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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