Why the right is panning Biden's 'Day of Prayer' proclamation

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I got an earful of this on talk radio last night. What this is about:

Thu May 6, 2021: Today, May 6, 2021, is the National Day of Prayer, so I'm going to rerun this:

Maddowblog

Why the right is panning Biden's 'Day of Prayer' proclamation

For some conservatives, the White House National Day of Prayer proclamation lacked specific spiritual language the right wanted to hear.
Image: Joe Biden

May 7, 2021, 1:03 PM EDT
By Steve Benen

As "holidays" go, the official National Day of Prayer is probably a little obscure for much of the public. Nevertheless, it's been around for a little while: Congress established an annual prayer day in 1952, and in 1988, lawmakers agreed to set the date for the occasion as the first Thursday in May.

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So why am I mentioning all of this? Because it turns out that quite a few folks on the right found the president's declaration outrageous.

Beth Stoneburner pulled together several examples of conservative voices denouncing the White House's Prayer Day statement for a reason I didn't see coming.

The Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody, for example, slammed Biden's proclamation as "pathetic" because it referenced climate change and racial justice, but didn't explicitly use the word "God."

Link to tweet

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Was Biden 1st President To Omit ‘God’ in National Prayer Proclamation?

A law was passed in 1952 requiring the president of the United States to set aside a National Day of Prayer.

Dan Evon
Published 7 May 2021

Claim
Joe Biden was the first U.S. president to not use the word "God" in his National Day of Prayer Proclamation in 2021.

Rating
True

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[MiHale]

1. They have to be reminded of WHO they're praying to?..

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Th «President-in-exile» didn't

didn’t try to circumvent Twitter with his proclamation.

[Docreed2003]

3. "The US Constitution just released and it doesn't mention God once"

"This is pathetic and not surprising"

[Turbineguy]

4. Biden's God isn't

racist enough.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. What are these people thinking?

Inventing a deity so weak, needy, and vain that he requires perpetual adulation? Or else he’ll unleash wrath upon those whose worship he deems insufficient? It’s as if they created their deity with all the pathology of Cheeto Benito.

[SCantiGOP]

7. They appreciate that their god hates

the same people that they do.

[The Jungle 1]

6. Joe goes to Mass every week. The last guy never went to church.

Well except to hold up a bible for a photo shoot.

[locks]

8. Wouldn't it be great if we all

could agree that we have a day that each of us thinks, prays, works together to help our nation recover from the awful pandemic, grieve for those we have lost, and try to find love instead of hate for others no matter their god or no god at all.