National Day of Prayer Lawsuit Kerfuffle.

Anyone interested in reading the opinion can find it in PDF form here.

I’m not going to add any commentary other than it is nothing to get all worked up about.  Why?

If you are religious, every day is a day of prayer.

If you are not religious, no day is a day of prayer.

The sky isn’t falling. (Unless you’re in Europe under the ash cloud.)

There is one line on page four of the opinion that I find to be humorous:

“Unfortunately, § 119 cannot meet that test. It goes beyond mere “acknowledgment”
of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an
inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance,
the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.”

Huh?

I’d be interested to see if the judiciary will extend that logic to other areas of life where “the government takes sides on a matter that must be left to the individual conscience.”

What other matters need to be left to the individual conscience?

In closing, this is nothing to get worked up about.