Atheists Complain About Prayers Before House Committee Meeting

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Missouri Congressman Todd Akin is under fire for offering prayers before meetings of a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Barry Lynn of the atheist group Americans United for Separation of Church and State claims that “public prayers in public spaces by a public officials” are unconstitutional.

But Akin points out that Congress starts with prayer calling it a good idea to ask the Lord’s blessing before our committee meetings as well” adding “it gives us a sense of being respectful to each other.”

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with Akin. In the case of Lynch v. Donnelly in 1984, the Court observed: “Our history is replete with official references to the value and invocation of Divine guidance in deliberations and pronouncements of the Founding Fathers and contemporary leaders.”

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2 Chronicles 7:14

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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