National Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional

National Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional: "Crabb wrote that in her view of case law, 'government involvement in prayer may be consistent with the establishment clause when the government's conduct serves a significant secular purpose and is not a 'call for religious action on the part of citizens,'' citing a high-profile Ten Commandments case, McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU.
'Unfortunately,' she wrote, the National Day of Prayer law 'cannot meet that test.'
'It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion,' Crabb wrote, 'because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.'"