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NATIONAL DAY OF REASON?

Leaders of national and local secular, humanist and atheist groups have called on President Bush to declare a "National Day of Reason" on the same day that he proclaims a "National Day of Prayer."

Such an additional proclamation on May 1 "would go a long way toward encouraging the application of reason and tolerance in public discourse and affirming the value of maintaining the separation of church and state," they said in a letter sent to Bush on March 21.

A statement from organizers announcing the initiative said the National Day of Prayer, observed annually since 1952, excludes nonbelievers. Congress established the annual observance and it has been observed on the first Thursday in May since 1988.

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