[YankeeReb]

But Foxx argued in his proclamation May 2 was better served as A Day of Reason because "the application of reason, more than any other means, has proven to offer hope for human survival on Earth."

If I remember my history, this sounds like the French revolutionaries of the 18th century right before the reign of terror. Everything was about celebrating "reason" over religion.

[relictele]

Will he apply that ‘reason’ and inform his constituents that there are, in reality, no money-growing trees growing in the DC swamps?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Which meant belief in the latest hare brained secular scheme (although the King and Queen weren’t too marvelous examples of Christian faith, truth be told, so the competition wasn’t very stiff).

[saywhatagain]

You are correct. History repeating itself?

The Cult of Reason (French: Culte de la Raison)a was an atheistic belief system established in France and intended as a replacement for Christianity during the French Revolution.