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Forbes Applauds DoJ Decision to Appeal National Day of Prayer Ruling
Posted by Jessica Mancari | April 22, 2010
Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced that it will appeal U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb’s ruling that found the National Day of Prayer to be unconstitutional.

“I applaud the decision by the Department of Justice to appeal the ruling that the statute establishing a National Day of Prayer violates the Establishment Clause.  Yesterday, in a bi-partisan press conference, I joined 30 Members of Congress and representatives from faith organizations, in calling for the Department of Justice and the White House to appeal and vigorously defend this case, and am pleased that they will do so.  

"I look forward to continuing to work with Members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus to affirm the constitutionality of the National Day of Prayer and to allow religion, faith, and morality into the marketplace of ideas.”

For more information on the Congressional Prayer Caucus, visit http://forbes.house.gov/prayercaucus/.
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  • Bill Oglesby commented on 4/23/2010
    That's great news. Now, let's try and have more bipartisan cooperation, starting with financial services reform. We have two choices -- bust up the large corporations and banks so that none of them are "too big to fail" (which isn't going to happen) or protect the taxpayers by creating a bailout fund for future misdeeds (which should NOT be funded by taxpayers). It's a no-brainer.
  • Linda Templet commented on 4/25/2010
    Thomas Jefferson believed in the philosophy of Deism; the belief that reason is sufficient to prove the existence of God, with the consequent rejection of revelation and authority. Thomas Jefferson did not try to diminish or take away any Rights to an establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof. This is proven in his Second Inaugural Speech. “ In matters of religion I have considered that its free exercise is PLACED BY THE CONSTITUTION independent of THE POWERS OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT. I have therefore undertaken on no occasion to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it, but have left them ( the exercises that are suited to religion), as the Constitution found them under the DIRECTION AND DISCIPLINE of THE CHURCH OR STATE AUTHORITIES ACKNOWLEDGED BY the several religious societies.” He explicitly tells the country that Religion is Independent of the Powers of General government. In other words; General government has NO power whatsoever over religion or any exercises suited to it and neither does the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Religion is a different kind , sort or type of government. It governs Nature; State and Federal government governs LAND. Simple as that. Thomas Jefferson helped write this: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Correct interpretation: Declaration of Independence, 2010 When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for Godly Nature People to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with Earthly Natured People, and to assume Earthly Natured powers to be a separate and equal station to which the Powers of the Laws of Nature, taken from The Holy Bible, OR Natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation from their form of governing to another form of governing.. We hold these truths to be self-evident: Thomas Jefferson drafted Our Declaration of Independence and is explicitly explaining the separation or the reasoning behind our United States government separating from the government of Great Britain. Our form of government did not have the Same Nature as Great Britain’s form of governing; therefore, these two different kinds of Natures could never get along or ever come into agreement with each other. This official governmental document is talking about the laws of Nature; taken from The Holy Bible, and Natures God only. Our form of governing gave twenty nine Reasons why their form of governing did not match up with the united States of Americas form of governing. Their form of governing was completely against the laws of Nature; the Holy Bible, and Natures God. We are a Christian Natured Nation. Our laws of Nature do line up with The Holy Bible. After our Declaration of Independence denounces the reasoning behind the separation between their form of governing and ours, they End their Declaring with the following statement: We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world ---God--for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. This document is a Religious Rights Document. Our forefathers Absolved all Allegiance to the British Crown but they kept the Will or Nature of William Penn concerning good government in their Nature. KNOW YE THEREFORE, That for the further Well-being and good Government of the said Province, and Territories; and in Pursuance of the Rights and Powers before-mentioned, I the said William Penn do declare, grant and confirm, unto all the Freemen, Planters and Adventurers, and other Inhabitants in this Province and Territories, these following Liberties, Franchises and Privileges, so far as in me lieth, to be held, enjoyed and kept, by the Freemen, Planters and Adventurers, and other Inhabitants of and in the said Province and Territories "hereunto annexed, for ever. FOR EVER-----FOR EVER---FOR EVER FIRST BECAUSE no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of their Consciences, as to their Religious Profession and Worship: And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare, That no Person or Persons, inhabiting In this Province or Territories, who shall confess and acknowledge One almighty God, the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World; and professes him or themselves obliged to live quietly under the Civil Page 5 Government, shall be in any Case molested or prejudiced, in his or their Person or Estate, because of his or their conscientious Persuasion or Practice, nor be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious Worship, Place or Ministry, contrary to his or their Mind, or to do or suffer any other Act or Thing, contrary to their religious Persuasion. AND that all Persons who also profess to believe in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World, shall be capable (notwithstanding their other Persuasions and Practices in Point of Conscience and Religion) to serve this Government in any Capacity, both legislatively and executively, he or they solemnly promising, when lawfully required, Allegiance to the King as Sovereign, and Fidelity to the Proprietary and Governpr, and taking the Attests as now established by the Law made at Newcastle, in the Year One Thousand and Seven Hundred, entituled, An Act directing the Attests of several Officers and Ministers, as now amended and confirmed this present Assembly. Our forefathers lawfully and respectfully asked the present King of Great Britain to change his nature or WAY of doing things; but he totally refused to the correct HIS Way of governing. We are One nation under Gods governing.Representives, If your Mind or your inner Natures persuades you to pray before you begin to govern your territory--DO IT FREELY. It is time to put and End to these atheists organizations trying to govern our country. They, like the King of Great Britain, too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity; the blood relationship between Gods Nature and mans. There is Power in the Blood; so get your blood a stirring in your inner Nature and let Gods Nature take over and show them that WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. It is time for US to put a SUIT on Religion and the free exercise thereof. This will go down in history. Our forefathers who were our law makers took a stand. Now it is your time to follow in our fathers footsteps. Do it--Take a stand just like they did. Lean on the support of this Declaration of Independence and secure our reliance on the protection of Divine Providence. There is our establishment CLAUSE. This document permentally establishes religion in the united States perfectly. This is what our forefather worked day and night for. They worked to create, form, and make a Divine Providence for all people. The Bible and God equally yoke together to make One Godly Nature--One Godly Man --and One Godly country. Put an end to these Supreme Court justices who don't understand what they are reading. This is One Nation Under God. Our country is governed by the Holy Bible and God. Atheists and Some Musleims do not have the SAME NATURE as we do so we must separate them from making any LAWS to govern for our land just like our forefathers did with Great Britan.
  • Carol Ann Carelli commented on 4/26/2010
    Dear Congressman Forbes: On behalf of all of us, thank you for your eloquent expression of these truths, which supports the decision to appeal the National Day of Prayer ruling. Sincerely, Carol Ann Carelli
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