LePage, legislators sign ‘Call to Prayer for Maine’ - Bonus - poll question at link

[Maine-ah]

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/01/17/politics/maine-call-to-prayer-day-set-for-tuesday-in-state-house/

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday leaned over a table at the bottom of the large staircase outside his office and signed a document titled “A Call to Prayer for Maine.”

More than two dozen legislators, including Senate President Kevin Raye, R-Perry, and Speaker of the House Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, and Attorney General William Schneider also signed the paper, designed to resemble the nation’s early documents such as the Declaration of Independence.

By signing the document Tuesday, the public officials and ordinary Mainers declared their support for prayer in the public square and a commitment to see that the motto “In God We Trust” is not just a phrase stamped on currency but words to live by, organizers said.

The event was sponsored by the Maine Legislative Prayer Caucus, which is associated with PrayUSA, a group funded by the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation Inc., based in Chesapeake, Va.

[The Genealogist]

1. "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are...

for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Mt 5:5-6 KJV

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[Old and In the Way]

2. All prayers; no ideas or policies to deal with the problems people face in the state.

The Smoke and Mirrors Party.