Taxpayer-Funded Prayer Gathering

Monday, May 18, 2026

Crowds of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a conservative prayer gathering as part of a commemoration of America's 250 birthday, which included praise and worship songs, prayers by religious leaders and speeches by members of the Trump administration.

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Today is the Trump administration's all-day prayer festival on the National Mall -- paid for in part by you, and supposedly open to people of all faiths -- featuring religious speakers with known records of smearing Catholics and Muslims. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump- ... [image or embed]
-- Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) 10:26 AM Â· May 17, 2026

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Catholics. That's often half or more of the Supreme Court.

Americans of all faiths are taught to murder and rape. Just depends on who you are and what school you go to.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-18 03:44 PM | Reply

They say it was open to people of all faiths, was there speakers of all faiths? Did an Imam, Rabbi, or Poohbah speak?

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-05-18 04:23 PM | Reply

Oh, I'm sure Muslims can have a Separate But Equal event if they want.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-18 04:26 PM | Reply

"The primary biblical passage describing a "falling away" (or apostasy) in the church is 2 Thessalonians 2:3.

"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition." (NKJV)

In this passage, the Apostle Paul warns believers that a period of massive religious rebellion and abandonment of truth must occur before the return of Christ.

The Greek word used for "falling away" is apostasia, which literally means to stand apart from, revolt, or defect."

www.google.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-18 04:27 PM | Reply

Was the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc. (ZAMWI), in the house?

zamwi.org

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-18 04:38 PM | Reply

About Zoroastrianism

zamwi.org

"Zoroastrians are the descendants of the Proto-Indo-Iranian group of people, who in turn are descendants of the Indo-European family of nations. The Proto-Indo-Iranian group lived on the southern steppes of Russia called Airyanem Vaejah (present-day Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan), and began their migration westward towards Europe and southward towards the Indian subcontinent sometime between 8000 B.C. and 6000 B.C. During this migration, the ancestors of the Iranian and Indian Aryans separated, moving to present-day Iran (Aryana) and Northern India, respectively. Due to their ancestry, these groups shared a strong background and similarity of language, customs, beliefs, values and cultures, which over time have evolved and taken shape separately."

Not in the Bible. How dare they!

#6 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-18 04:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

[Great old Onion headline: "Clinton to Deploy Vowels to Kyrgyzstan."]

#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-18 04:45 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

The Magi of the East in the bible are thought to have been Zoroastrians, and earlier, Cyrus and the Persian influence is notable.

www.google.com

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-18 04:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

And Trump never even showed as he was too busy getting in a round of golf at one of his resorts at taxpayer expense, which included renting golf carts to the Secret Service and charging green fees for any of them who where present on the course, whether they were playing golf or not.

But they did play a video of Trump reciting a passage from the Bible. However, the White House didn't take the time to record a message just for the event, but rather recycled the same video that he taped from the Oval Office last month for the Bible reading marathon that he 'participated' in.

OCU

#9 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-05-18 05:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

How DARE taxpayers pray during a gathering!

#10 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-18 06:17 PM | Reply

How DARE taxpayers pray during a gathering!

#10 | Posted by BillJohnson

How dare "christians" throw their support behind a man who is the exact opposite of everything their religion teaches!

#11 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-05-18 06:37 PM | Reply

Hey everybody Bill's here! Say hi before he declares he's too evolved to respond to your arguments and runs away.

#12 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-05-18 06:38 PM | Reply

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