National Day of Prayer Celebrated with Christian Focus

Source: Los Angeles Times

On May 4, 2001, the Los Angeles Times reported that "legions of the county's faithful [in Ventura County, California] spentThursday toting Bibles, singing Christian hymns and raising their arms to thesky in celebration of the annual National Day of Prayer...The references to Jesus Christ at several of the events had one Jewish rabbihoping next year's event is more multidenominational."