<p align="justify"><strong>There was considerable controversy</strong> this year surrounding the National Day of Prayer. Following is a "cleaned up" version of an email, circulating the net, concerning this controversy. The original email can be <a href="http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/n/nationaldayofprayer-obama.htm">viewed here.</a></p>
<p align="justify"><strong>In 1952 President Truman</strong> established one day a year as a "National Day of Prayer."</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>In 1988 President Reagan</strong> designated the First Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>In 2009 and 2010 President Obama</strong> chose not to host the National Day of Prayer, at the White House, as did a former president, democrat Bill Clinton. However, President Obama did sign a Presidential Proclamation which can be <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://nationaldayofprayer.org/news/2010-presidential-proclamation/">viewed here.</a></span> The Proclamation is a beautiful prayer and worth reading.</p>
<p align="justify">Below, in his own words, President Obama explains his faith and the faith of the American people:</p>
<p align="justify">In 2009, while in Turkey, President Obama declared, <em>"We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish Nation or a Muslim Nation.  We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."</em>  </p>
