[sinkspur]

that somehow prayer or the evocation of the Deity of our Founding Fathers is suddenly offensive and taboo.

I don't recall reading much about the Founding Fathers invoking Jesus. Lots of references to God, however.

[so_real]

I don't recall reading much about the Founding Fathers invoking Jesus. Lots of references to God, however.

Then you really should do a little more reading :-) Start here: The Founding Fathers and Deism by David Barton

[F16Fighter]

"I don't recall reading much about the Founding Fathers invoking Jesus. Lots of references to God, however."

True, they weren't over the top in their respective public evocations of Jesus Christ...

But then again they were consciously intent in maintaining a secular government in the early days, and thus were understandably more reserved about their personal Christian beliefs.