Source: The Associated Press

Source: Indy Star

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/0/039991-4390-P.html

On May 2, 2003 the Indy Star reported that "the Christians prayed, and so did Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Bahais, for one nation under God, indivisible... But they did so in separate services Thursday honoring the National Day of Prayer, challenging the very meaning of an observance meant to unite all Americans... At noon, an estimated 125 people gathered for an hourlong service on the...

Source: Religion News Service

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=2203

On May 2, 2003 Religion News Service reported that "religious and political leaders joined together for a National Day of Prayer observance Thursday (May 1) on Capitol Hill as similar gatherings were held across the nation in locations ranging from the White House to stadiums to office buildings... Hundreds of Christians meeting at the Cannon House Office Building were urged by speakers to...

Source: The New Britian Herald

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8111-2003May2.html

On May 2, 2003 The Washington Post reported that "Isaac Chung and Richard Harvell both can trace their young careers to spiritual journeys they made while they were roommates at Yale University... Chung, who is Korean American, started down a new path when he joined Yale's chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ. By the time he graduated, he felt that God was calling...

Source: Penn Live

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On May 2, 2003 Penn Live reported that "students in a New American Religious Diversity class at Dickinson College [PA] this semester did fieldwork just a short ride from their dorms in Carlisle... The students were welcomed as Muslims prayed at a mosque in Steelton, Hindus read aloud the Ramayana at a temple in Fairview, and Buddhists drummed and chanted in a Columbia temple that used...

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Source: The Interfaith Alliance News

http://www.interfaithalliance.org/News/News.cfm?ID=4844&c=37

On May 2, 2003 The Interfaith Alliance News reported that "in a letter sent to members of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today, The Interfaith Alliance raised concerns about the nomination of Dr. Daniel Pipes to the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace."

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030502/UPRAYQA/International/Idx

On May 2, 2003 The Globe and Mail reported, "As U.S. President George W. Bush bowed his head for a moment of quiet reflection early yesterday morning, millions of his compatriots joined him in observing a peculiarly American tradition, emblematic of the faith of the country and the administration: an annual...

Source: The Interfaith Alliance News

Source: The Associated Press

Source: Indy Star

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/9/039773-9429-009.html

On May 1, 2003 the Indy Star reported that "a decision to ban Jews, Muslims and others who don't pray in the name of Jesus from fully participating in a National Day of Prayer service in downtown Muncie today has turned a communal expression of civic pride into a symbol of religious division... Even though everyone is welcome to pray outside City Hall at noon today, the evangelical...

Source: The Baltimore Sun

http://www.sunspot.net/bal-op.religion01may01.story

On May 1, 2003 The Baltimore Sun reported that "as a poll conducted on the eve of the war makes clear, a significant gap exists between the views of many Catholic and mainline Protestant leaders and those of their people in the pews... While the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Council of Churches all have roundly condemned the American military action in Iraq...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/01/MN284310.DTL

On May 1, 2003 the San Francisco Chronicle reported that "top religious leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths have called on President Bush to renounce 'first strike war,' end the U.S. occupation of Iraq and let the United Nations lead reconstruction efforts there... Their statement was released in Chicago on Wednesday at the end of a two...

Source: American Civil Liberties Union