Salt Jones
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Oh no, a liberal potus acknowledging God. That will make libtards heads spin. GOOD!As noted in a previous post,,,Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. That being said and a fact, I think some people are really making something out of completely nothing.
Did you read President Lincoln's proclamation establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday? It had been observed since early Colonial times as a celebratory feast to give gratitude to God for their blessings. And it is appropriate and customary for the President to acknowledge that in his annual Thanksgiving address:
To wit:
from President Clinton's Thanksgiving address 2000
from President Bush's Thanksgiving address 2008
Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God.
Every Thanksgiving, we remember the story of the Pilgrims who came to America in search of religious freedom and a better life. Having arrived in the New World, these early settlers gave thanks to the Author of Life for granting them safe passage to this abundant land and protecting them through a bitter winter. Our Nation's first President, George Washington, stated in the first Thanksgiving proclamation that "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor." While in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln revived the tradition of proclaiming a day of thanksgiving, asking God to heal our wounds and restore our country.
President George W. Bush's Thanksgiving Day Proclamations
No, it would just prove he was lying. There is no god.