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Opinion: Debt crisis: Maybe a little prayer will work

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry will host a day of prayer and fasting in August to address the nation’s problems, which Lawrence M. Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, chided him for in an Op-Ed on Monday. Perry’s claim to a ‘unique mantle of righteousness’ with Christianity is inappropriate as he gravitates towards the presidency, Krauss wrote.

Those who want our government to address these issues head on, and not with fairy tales -- religious or otherwise -- should not stand idly by and let the debate or public policy be hijacked by those who claim to know the truth before the relevant questions have even been asked.

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But could the power of prayer help the debt-ceiling debate on Capitol Hill? A multi-faith group of Christians, Jews and Muslims think so. In addition to praying for the country and lobbying against cuts to programs that serve the underprivileged, they’re also holding daily prayer vigils in hopes of teaching Congress a lesson about compromise. From Reuters:

‘I hope that it’s not only effective but a model for how Democrats and Republicans, who differ on many issues, can come together on a common issue to move the country forward,’ said Rabbi David Saperstein, executive director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

And if that doesn’t send a message Congress and the president, maybe this rap by Remy will:

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