I half agree and half disagree.
One on hand, Christians have figured out that giving up prayer in school, taking a quiet and submissive place in society, and generally trying to be inoffensive has resulted in the Madeline Murray OHaire's (and other assorted control freaks) of the world to gain undue influence. For instance, the Padres just had a 'gay day' at the ballpark a couple weeks ago. Yeah, that's just perfect for kids to experience.
Things like 'faith day' are an attempt to correct the lack of activism and boldness that allowed so much devolution to occur over the last several decades.
On the other hand, why have a separate day? Every day should be 'faith day' at the ballpark. The whole idea of a separate event is silly. Christans should be open and confident about their relationship to Christ consistently, and it should be a characteristic of society everywhere.
The ultimate goal is influence at the highest levels of society in all it's permutations, establishing the Kingdom of God from the top down. Retreating into some quiet intimidation, as you seem to suggest, isn't an option.
Good post.
The above reminds me of when I was a kid and Boston's archbishop (I think) announced there'd be no more separate masses for gays. A liberal couple I was friends with went on and on about how evil this was. I repeated what my mom said, which was that gay people would have to go to church with everyone else--wasn't that precisely what they wanted, to be part of the whole community?
Similarly, I don't get the willful separation of days like this. If I'm a religious person, my faith is IN me, I LIVE it--God is on my side, I don't need to be put in a separate place, or have separate events to protect me from those evil Others.
I just don't get this cutting faith off into this separate, parallel world. Faith should be something that's IN you and LIVED 24/7--not something you need to have special events for. Are people that scared of someone sneering at them if they shout "Thank you God!" at a home run?