Having a national prayer day makes the country look primitive and backward.

Not having a national prayer day makes the nation look as backward and faithless as Hitler, the founder of modern atheism.  Since that permanently settled all that we need to know about all atheists who ever murdered without cause, and all their bitter lies, and all their genocide camps, then we see why only atheists are such fearful bigots that they are terrified of rational persons.

Isn't that nice to prove again?

We can only expect so much of atheists: Auschwitz, Treblinka, Gulag political imprisonment, leftist dictators, genocide . . ..

Snopes says that's a false rumor and I believe it. I didn't vote for the guy but this time he's not guilty. Nobody has to pray openly that day and people that don't want to aren't always atheists. Some people just prefer to pray privately.

This isn't the first time political extremists have circulated false rumors about politicians.  Do you remember the time the Communist Party USA said that Reagan was a satanist, and that Bush was collaborating with Noriega?  Neither rumor was true but when a political party is down to lies and hate, that is what they must always do.

The amount of hate a person has will indicate the amount of fraud he is willing to commit to keep a completely unjust politician in office. as long as said dishonest politician keeps filling their pockets with tax money.

As to Obama canceling prayer, well, let his track record be your guide.  He who canceled grace at White House Luncheons and built a Muslim shrine in the West Wing of the White House, is so bitter that any anti-Christian stunt will be to his liking.  Then when the same Obama finds out that his former supporters aren't Muslim after all, then he had all the Islamic nonsense removed, it proved that he is such a coward that even Muslims don't want him in office.

And that, despite the fact that Muslims are the worst cowards and whiners on the planet!

He'd better not.
2 many strikes against him already.
Get rid of J. Wright, L. Farrakhan.
Just 2 show us he's moral.

Why do people who think the government can do nothing right, want the government to champion their religion?

One would think they would want the state to stay as far away from them, their church, and their god as humanly possible.

Me. I'm a devout seculerist for just that vary reason.

It's a story manufactured by fundies to attack Obama although I think it is an excellent idea to get rid of the national day of prayer.  The government has no place in promoting religion.

No, but somebody needs to. This is a secular Republic!