MO HCR84

Declares Missouri General Assembly's opposition to a federal judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution

References historical precedent of prayer proclamations, including Continental Congress declarations in 1776 and 1777, President Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation, and 57 presidential proclamations since 1952

States that the Establishment Clause was designed to prevent establishment of a national church, not to prevent citizens from acknowledging the nation's Judeo-Christian heritage and traditions

Declares strong opposition to what the resolution characterizes as judicial activism that strips citizens of traditions, heritage, and acknowledgment of God as "Creator, and sustainer of the universe"

Asserts that Missouri will not tolerate further judicial attempts to restrict First Amendment rights of the nation's citizens