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Seth Leibsohn: A Proper Perspective on Our Public Prayers

May 20, 20261 min
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Numerous media outlets had a difficult time with the Rededicate 250 celebration the White House sponsored this past Sunday.  One major paper reported “Until Trump’s second term in office, it had been virtually unheard of in modern times for U.S. government officials to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of religious beliefs. Trump’s cabinet members have changed that norm.”  Boy that phrase “in modern times” is doing a lot of work here.

Calls to prayer and thanksgiving may be new to the old media staffed by too many young, but they’d raise no eyebrows from those who actually founded the country, like John Adams. who wrote, “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity.”  We can go on and on with such language from John Adams to John Kennedy, never mind FDR’s D-Day prayer—the largest public prayer in history up to that point.

Just now, this country could use exactly what the White House sponsored, and a lot less of what the Mainstream Media is offering.

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This is Seth Leebson for townhall dot Com. Numerous media outlets had a difficult time with the rededicate to fifty celebration. The White House sponsored this past Sunday. One major paper reported quote, until Trump's second term in office, it had been virtually unheard of in modern times for US government officials to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of religious beliefs. Trump's cabinet members have changed that norm close quote. Boy, that phrase in modern times is doing

a lot of work here. Calls to prayer and thanksgiving may be new to the old media, staffed by too many young, but they'd raised no eyebrows from those who actually founded the country, like John Adams, who wrote, quote, the general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. Close quote. We can go on and on with such language, from John Adams to John Kennedy. Never mind FDR's D Day prayer, the largest

public prayer in history up to that point. Just now, this country could use exactly what the White House sponsored, and a lot less of what the mainstream media is offering.

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