What is the point of Atheist Activism?

[theophilus]

The Declaration of Independence is not the part of the US Government, it was a colonial document.

It was the Declaration which gave us our freedom to establish a government and many of the same people were involved with writing both documents. The actions of the government after the Constitution came into effect show that they believed that we were founded on a belief in God.

The first amendment lays the groundwork for separation of Church and state by letting people be free to worship, but not governing that worship.

But it still assumed that people would want to worship God.

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion

That is exactly what I said in my post. But it doesn't contradict my statement that this country was founded on the belief that there is a God.

As for the National Day of Prayer, it's simple. Not everyone believes in God, not even some religious types. By endorsing a day of prayer to "God" you are excluding a vast number of people who either don't believe, believe in Gods (notice the S). People can believe and pray or not believe and not prayer however and whenever they want. The Government should have no say, whatsoever.

If the government isn't allowed to have a national day of prayer because some of its citizens are atheists, isn't that in effect making atheism an official religion?

Marriage used to be a contract, selling off the woman to a man. Marriage used to be a government thing and had nothing to with religion. Marriage between whites and blacks used to be illegal.

There have been a lot of bad laws connected with marriage but that doesn't change the fact that marriage has always been a relationship between a man and a woman.