Despite controversy, National Day of Prayer observed quietly at Fort Hood
By Michael Heckman, Sentinel Staff
May 13, 2010 News
As protests and controversy swirled about it, the National Day of Prayer was observed quietly May 6 in Comanche Chapel on Fort Hood.
President Barack Obama, whose justice department is appealing a recent ruling by a U.S. district judge in Wisconsin that the NDOP is unconstitutional, urged citizens to “pray or otherwise give thanks” for the nation’s freedom and blessings.
Because federal judge Barbara Crabb put enforcement of her ruling on hold pending the appeal, thousands of events nationwide, including the celebration at Fort Hood, were held.
“I’m just appreciative of having a president that cares enough about the country to suggest or say that we have prayer as a nation and treats it as relevant and to give thanks for freedoms and diversities across different faiths,” Chap. (Lt. Col.) Ken Sorensen, a family life chaplain, said before the quiet observance began.
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