(WASHINGTON, DC) - In God We Trust National Chairman the Rt. Reverend Council Nedd, II delivered over 4,000 petitions to U.S. Representative J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC), as part on an ongoing campaign to support the congressman's proposed Public Prayer Protection Act.

   "These petitions represent the growing national consensus in America that our religious freedoms are being undermined by activist judges and lawyers," said Nedd upon presenting the petitions to the Congressman at his Washington, DC office on June 4, 2008.
     
   "Congressman Barrett's Public Prayer Act is an excellent example of a member of Congress confronting a national issue head-on and defending the rights of Americans to exercise their rights to worship as they chose, free from interference from judges, lawyers and interest groups that are pursing a radical anti-religious agenda."

   As proposed the Public Prayer Protection Act (H.B. 2104) reaffirms that the U.S. Government is prohibited from establishing an official national religion and that public or elected government officials are allowed to express their faith in public through prayer. It also limits the power of the courts to regulate the free expression of religion by public and elected officials.

   "The courts are becoming more and more activist in trying to regulate religious speech, especially the rights of public officials to express their faith," explains Nedd. "Congressman Barrett's legislation will protect the rights of every public servant to pray and celebrate their faith freely."

   In God We Trust is a national political advocacy organization that represents no particular faith or religion and boasts over 70,000 supporters of varying faiths from across the country. It is organized as a special project of The Alliance for Health, Education And Development, Inc. (AHEAD), a non-profit organization that has been determined by the IRS to be tax-exempt under the provisions of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. In God We Trust is committed to providing an active voice in opposition to the special interest groups that seek to ban God, religion, and America's religious history from public display and public discourse.