White House boycott of National Day of Prayer?

This year for the first time in nine years there will be no observance of the National Day of Prayer at the White House. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama will pray privately as he does every day, but his only public acknowledgement will be to issue a White House proclamation.

Republican Congressman Randy Forbes, co-chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, says a proclamation urging Americans to pray would be more meaningful if the president set a public example. Forbes calls it a missed opportunity, but says, “Hopefully we’ll have millions of people around the country that will make up for the void we see at the White House on the National Day of Prayer.”

There were no official observance during the Clinton administration either.

President Bush also recognized the Islam observance of Ramadan with a White House dinner. Mark you calendars for the end of August to see if Ramada is celebrated publicly by the Obama White House.

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