Atheists for Legislative Prayer?

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, many Christian leaders are hailing the Court’s affirmation of the constitutionality of legislative prayers. But perhaps the most unexpected response came from two atheist advocacy groups. The American Humanist Association and the Freedom From Religion Foundation each put out press releases announcing that they would support speakers who gave atheistic or Humanist legislative prayers.

The American Humanist Association announced an invocation program, designed to give speakers the resources they need to give invocations without any religious content. The Freedom From Religion Foundation was bit nastier. They announced the “Nothing Fails Like Prayer Award,” a monetary award given to whoever gives the best secular invocation each year. The implied purpose of the award is to “flood” local meetings until citizens simply decide to do away with legislative prayers entirely.