CHICAGO (BP)–A coalition of legal and pro-family groups asked the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals July 7 to reverse a lower court ruling and declare the National Day of Prayer constitutional, asserting that the district court’s decision amounted to "an act of hostility to religion."
The 28-page friend-of-the-court brief was filed nearly three months after U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb (of Madison) ruled that a congressional statute setting aside the first Thursday of May each year for the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and amounts to a government establishment of religion. The Justice Department, which has the responsibility to defend the law, appealed the ruling.
Over 30 Christian, Family Groups Defend National Day of Prayer – Christian Post