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STORY OF THE DAY: National Day of Prayer Declared Unconstitutional. Are Sunday workdays coming soon?
By admin | April 16, 2010
Full text of the ruling can be found here.
So you don’t have to read the entire text (though it’s a quick read), we’ll go ahead and try to summarize the ruling as best as we can and hopefully our lawyer friend, TW, will stop by in the comments to fill in what we missed. Basically, there is this thing called the “establishment clause” in the Constitution that basically says that the government shall not establish any religion over another. This includes establishing any sort of religious practices over others. Prayer is inherently religious and holds no secular basis. Us atheists, when in a situation in which people insist on praying, we just stand there wide-eyed looking at the goofballs around us with their eyes closed, heads bowed. Sometimes we meet eyes with others like us and share a knowing glance: later we will meet in a closet for secular sex. Anyway, National Prayer Day is establishing a religious practice and therefore unconstitutional.
We think this is a step in the right direction, but it does not go far enough: Government offices need to be open seven days per week.
On what day is the post office closed? On what day do they not enforce the rking meters downtown? When can I not get my license renewed at the DMV? That’s right: Sunday. The Lord’s Day. And, it’s clear that the government believes in the Christian Lord. After all, the Jews and Seventh-Day Adventists take Caturday off. So, why else would these services be closed other than to respect Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who Died for Your Sins?
Sunday is a very convenient day for running errands. It is the weekend for most people, so they have the opportunity to get to the stores and other places of business that haven’t officially established their faith in one religion over another. Wouldn’t a Sunday be the ideal time for a government office to be open to the public? Not only would it make life more convenient, but it would also create more jobs (more hours of business means more people needed to fill those hours).
So, my next challenge for you, Freedom From Religion Foundation (a plaintiff in the above case), is to force the government to open its doors on Sundays. We’ve had enough with getting that check from mommy in the mail on Monday when we could have had it on Sunday. Sure, it was only for $20, but that’s like 30 PBRs, and it’s much more acceptable getting trashed on a Sunday than a Monday. Jesus.
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