Thank godless for these atheists and agnostics

FOX News – The nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued Friday in U.S. district court, arguing that the president’s mandated proclamations calling on Americans to pray violates a constitutional ban on government officials endorsing religion.

The day of prayer, held each year on the first Thursday of May, creates a “hostile environment for nonbelievers, who are made to feel as if they are political outsiders,” the lawsuit said. The national proclamation issued this year asked God’s blessings on our country and called for Americans to observe the day with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.

The horror!, Somebody call the UN, send peacekeepers and monitors or something, this is unbelievable, a national day of prayer, it’s like a pogrom or something, genocide even!. I for one am glad these brave, godless folks are out there fighting the good fight against those ‘Christians’ [hiss boo]. The last time I made the mistake of strolling casually by one of the local churches while they were conducting one of those bible-study things, I was accosted by angry preachers, bibles were brandished and a boot/s struck my ass, ‘Get ta prayin’, boy!’

Remember a while ago President Bush tried to tell us that Islam was a religion of peace, which sounds a lot like a government official endorsing religion. I wonder if these brave folks also sued him then, like they are now, because I think it’s safe to say if these brave folk ever found themselves in the Muslim part of town or an Iran, that would certainly constitute a hostile environment and the believers around them would go out of their way to make em’ feel like outsiders. I believe they even have special terms for it, ‘dhimmi’ or was it ‘infidel’.

Getting back to the atheists and agnostics, the majority of Americans believe in God and it is the majority of Americans who voted for their president, so why shouldn’t their elected leader rally the nation around their faith and beliefs for just one day, given that it’s for the good of the nation. It sounds like this minority is trying to banish the beliefs of the majority from the public space. A sort of, check your faith and beliefs at the door, not just stop at forcing them down others’ throats. I’d understand if they were going to be whipped or publicly mocked or something on this national day of prayer but that doesn’t seem to be the case, so if they don’t feel like taking part, then don’t. 

If it’s just the matter of feeling excluded then why don’t we all start suing any and every government official that’s within stone’s throw of any religious or cultural function that’s only open to those of that religion or culture. For example, in multicultural Australia our local elected officials sometimes take part in Chinese new-year celebrations, since I’m not Chinese should I turn up there and because I feel out of place and they aren’t doing anything to accommodate my childish whims, see you in court bastards!

I don’t know folks, to me it sounds like a bit of grievance mongering with a sprinkling of totalitarianism on top. What say you?