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Muslim group decries Minnesota woman’s repentance prayer about Ellison’s election

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.07.10 | 11:42 am

As the Minnesota Day of Prayer was being held at the State Capitol Thursday, the Muslim Public Affairs Council called on the National Day of Prayer Task Force to repudiate a statement made by a

Bachmann defends National Day of Prayer

By Andy Birkey | 04.21.10 | 3:53 pm

At a press conference Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann went after liberals who she says are responsible for causing “God to be stricken from public life.” Last week, federal Judge Barbara B.…

Despite court decision, National Day of Prayer will endure in Minnesota

By Andy Birkey | 04.20.10 | 9:04 am

Despite a ruling last week by a federal judge in Wisconsin striking down the National Day of Prayer as unconstitutional, Minnesota’s commemoration of the annual event — almost exclusively an evangelical affair — will go on this year. It remains to be seen whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty will again sign a proclamation for the day in Minnesota.

In Minnesota, once-ecumenical Day of Prayer festivities are now by evangelicals, for evangelicals

By Andy Birkey | 04.30.08 | 2:28 pm

In late March, Gov. Pawlenty signed a proclamation that a “Day of Prayer” be observed in Minnesota on Thursday, May 1. Pursuant to the proclamation, Pawlenty will gather with other elected officials and faith leaders on the steps of the…