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Does prayer matter?

By Alliance Alert

In The Gainesville Sun, Rick Allen asks whether prayer matters. He begins with a recent LifeWay Research study which found that 72% of Millenials (18- to 29-year-olds) are "more spiritual than religious." That is "tomorrow's challenge," Allen writes; today's is whether prayer is more properly public or private: "A judge in Wisconsin last month ruled the law requiring the president to proclaim a National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional . . . Defenders, however, argue the NDP is 'America's heritage,' says [Joel Oster], senior counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund. 'The National Day of Prayer provides an opportunity for all Americans to pray voluntarily according to their own faith.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).