Obama continues to (try to) remake America.

Obama to be prayer day no-show
President to sign proclamation, observe privately By Julia Duin 5/6/09
...Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal ...service...All Mr. Obama will do for the National Day of Prayer...is sign a proclamation honoring the day, which originated in 1952...W. Bush invited selected Christian and Jewish leaders to the White House..., where he ...would give a short speech and several leaders offered prayers....White House press sec...Gibbs said Tuesday that the president is simply reverting..."Prayer is something the president does every day," he said...Dobson, chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer Committee, said the group was "disappointed...President Clinton did not host any special observances, according to the National Day of Prayer task force...
Referencing a remark the president made at a recent press conference in Turkey that Americans "do not consider ourselves a Christian nation," she added: ...It's almost like Obama is trying to remake America into his own image....it's a rejection of the concept that America is a spiritual nation and its foundation is Judeo-Christian."...However, the White House did host an April 9 Passover Seder for family and friends - ...****But, oddly, exchanged "...next year in the White House..." for the millennia-old tradition of "next year in Jerusalem." ****... Catholic members of the administration have been invited...None has responded,...Nathan Diament, an Orthodox Jewish leader...said co-religionists should not find fault with the president...criticize Obama...is inappropriate,"...the purpose ...is to unify Americans through a national moment of reflection and aspiration to higher purposes."...