Prayer Day With A Political Agenda?

Texans are fully aware of Rick Perry’s political agenda heavily rooted in his religious beliefs and not a firm believer in separation in church and state. Perry’s hosting National Prayer Day is a prime example.  Mean Rachel blog article “The Blind Response” shares a strong liberal bash on Governor Perry with a left-sided audience that does not share common ideas and beliefs as Perry. Rachel’s argument is that prayers will not materialize food for the hungry or provide help for people stricken by poverty. Prayer is by no means the enemy, but Rick Perry starving himself for a day and hosting a prayer event is not finding resolutions for national problems. These are very strong opinions and I think Mean Rachel's credibility is somewhat lost by the leaking hatred of her words toward Perry’s demeanor and reputation. It is difficult for a blogger to create credibility especially on such controversial issues, but there is more than her opinion seeping through her blog; there is some resentment as well. I agree with her statement “Prayer is easy…what is not easy is work”, but I’m not sure if her words are credible enough for me to take Perry’s prayer day as a “pretending to care” day. Texas unity is important to Texans and especially to politics so it is hard to know Perry’s honest agenda of this national prayer day, but it does not get us any closer to helping the 4.3 million in poverty.  If that was the objective of Perry hosting the National Prayer Day, why not have a pro-active awareness day?