On National Day of Prayer, Atheists Counter With a National Day of Reason
President Donald Trump celebrated the National Day of Prayer on Thursday by signing an executive order aimed at making churches and religious leaders even more powerful in the public arena.
Meanwhile, the American Humanist Association and other secular allies celebrated a day of reason to counter the annual day of prayer and affirm the importance of the separation of church and state.
“While the National Day of Prayer overtly excludes millions of nontheist Americans, the National Day of Reason embraces the values that bind us together as Americans, while upholding the wall separating church and state,” Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, said in a statement.
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