WEBVTT - Seth Leibsohn: A Proper Perspective on Our Public Prayers

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<v Speaker 1>This is Seth Leebson for townhall dot Com. Numerous media

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<v Speaker 1>outlets had a difficult time with the rededicate to fifty celebration.

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<v Speaker 1>The White House sponsored this past Sunday. One major paper

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<v Speaker 1>reported quote, until Trump's second term in office, it had

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<v Speaker 1>been virtually unheard of in modern times for US government

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<v Speaker 1>officials to publicly tie the nation to a specific set

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<v Speaker 1>of religious beliefs. Trump's cabinet members have changed that norm

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<v Speaker 1>close quote. Boy, that phrase in modern times is doing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of work here. Calls to prayer and thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>may be new to the old media, staffed by too

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<v Speaker 1>many young, but they'd raised no eyebrows from those who

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<v Speaker 1>actually founded the country, like John Adams, who wrote, quote,

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<v Speaker 1>the general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were

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<v Speaker 1>the general principles of Christianity. Close quote. We can go

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<v Speaker 1>on and on with such language, from John Adams to

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<v Speaker 1>John Kennedy. Never mind FDR's D Day prayer, the largest

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<v Speaker 1>public prayer in history up to that point. Just now,

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<v Speaker 1>this country could use exactly what the White House sponsored,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot less of what the mainstream media is offering.