About that Day-of-Prayer-ruled-unconstitutional thing …

As you may recall, a lengthy and major Freedom From Religion Foundation lawsuit has ended with a US district judge ruling that the traditional annual National Day of Prayer is “unconstitutional” as it represents a blatant violation of the Establishment Clause. This is, of course, absolutely correct: the idea that a secular government that supposedly promotes Separation of Church and State can then turn around and publicly and officially endorse a freaking National Day of Prayer, particularly an obviously Christian-themed event to boot, is utterly absurd.

So, what in God’s name (ha, ha …) could possibly justify this response from the Obama administration?:

They’ve already got an official proclamation set up and everything. Really, does the Obama administration even care about this court ruling? Or is this sheer ignorance on the matter? Those who follow the administration’s dealings, both overt and otherwise, are already all too aware that Obama and his administration aren’t exactly the most liberal of folks (despite what the hysterical Right will have you think), so in the end, perhaps this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. But it is still quite disappointing and worrisome.

(via Friendly Atheist)