Apparently, "Separation of Church and State" means nothing to our current administration

[annathepiper]

So I just found out about House Resolution #153 via spazzkat, which is talked about up on CNN.com in this particular article. I cannot express how deeply unhappy this makes me... not because I am anti-war or anti-religion, but just because this seems to be yet another indication of how the current administration seems to be actively going out of its way to deliberately ignore the fact that not everybody in this country worships the same way they do.

I don't honestly expect it'll actually do anything, but nevertheless this concerns me enough that I have sent email to President Bush and my congresscritters. This is what I had to say:

I have just read on cnn.com a news article pertaining to the
resolution just passed by the House regarding a call for a
national day of "prayer and fasting" because of the current
time of terrorism and war, and I am writing to express my
concern about such a resolution.

Specifically, my concern is this: not everybody in the United
States of America worships the same god. Many Americans are
Christians, certainly, but many Americans are also Hindu,
Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, pagans of countless varieties, etc.
Some Americans choose to avoid worshipping any deity at all.
All of these choices are part of the rights of all Americans
to worship--or not--as they please.

And I am deeply worried that our current administration is
not acknowledging the fact that Americans can and do make
these choices in their lives.

Don't get me wrong. I am a person of faith. I do not dismiss
the value of calling upon the powers one reveres in a time of
crisis. But I urge you to please remember that Americans vary
as richly in their religious beliefs as they do in all other
aspects of their lives, and to have a government that seems
to officially sanction only one religion above all others is
a grave slap in the face to Americans who do not share that
particular religious belief.

If our government wishes to call for a day of respect for the
time of crisis our country is undergoing, I must urge you as
well to please remember the rich variety of religious beliefs
in this country. This call should be one that unifies Americans,
rather than dividing us.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,
Angela Korra'ti