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Exploiting the National Day of Prayer

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David Domke and Kevin Coe
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In response to the National Day of Prayer Task Force's hostility to non-Christian volunteers, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State issued a statement saying the event had been "largely hijacked by the Religious Right and is being used as an opportunity to promote a far-right religious-political agenda." Meanwhile, Jews on First, another religious watchdog group, is promoting an alternative: the "Inclusive National Day of Prayer."

 

 

An inclusive National Day of Prayer is a start. But what the nation ultimately needs is a presidency that offers a more inclusive brand of public religiosity.

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David Domke is Professor of Communication and Head of Journalism at the University of Washington. Kevin Coe is a doctoral candidate in Speech Communication at the University of Illinois. They are authors of The God Strategy: How Religion Became a (more...)
 
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