When Ezra Taft Benson was Sec. of Agriculture under President Eisenhower, (later was president and prophet of LDS Church) upon starting his service in this office, he suggested starting each cabinet meeting with a prayer. President Eisenhower agreed to the suggestion and kept the prayer as the opening event to every cabinet meeting during his administration.
Mrs. Dobson (National Day of Pray) would not permit the Mormons to pray. Now that’s pretty darn pitiful.
One time my husband was in a prayer circle at the California Republican Assembly and when it was his turn to pray, they passed him over.
How sad.