President Obama did not eliminate the National Day of Prayer and pray with  Muslims on Capitol Hill instead. ... White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said  that the ruling therefore doesn't prevent Obama from issuing a Day of Prayer  proclamation in May and that the president will do so. The Obama administration  appealed ...
Apr 29, 2010 ... Q: Has President Obama canceled the May 6 National Day of Prayer? A: No. This  widely circulated falsehood echoes similar claims made last year when the  president issued a ... Organizers later said the 58th annual event produced "a  greater outpouring of prayer for our nation … than ever before.".
Apr 16, 2010 ... President Vows to Issue Proclamation Despite Ruling; False Rumored Alleged  he had Canceled Day of Prayer. ... purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage  in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this  context," wrote Judge Barbara Crabb, who said the Day of Prayer ...
May 5, 2016 ... However, Obama still issued a presidential proclamation recognizing May 7 of  that year as the National Day of Prayer. We wrote about ... Our answer would  have been “no” every year, anyway, since Obama issued prayer day  proclamations in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and again in 2015. The answer is the ...
May 6, 2009 ... Asked if Obama thought his predecessor's ceremonies were politicized, Gibbs  said, "No, I'm not going to get into that again. "I think the president understands, in  his own life and in his family's life, the role that prayer plays." The National Day of  Prayer is an annual observance for people of all faiths.
Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May.