Don't forget to say your prayers

I didn't know God cared about American politics but apparently she does! A Catholic association is sponsoring an "election novena" to make sure that she votes properly. The web site includes a "prayer for our national elections" which instructs god to instruct the faithful to "exercise (their) solemn duty not only to vote, but to influence countless others to vote, and to vote correctly".

And do they know how to vote correctly? Oh yes they do! They also include special prayers for:

• California - "Give our citizens the wisdom to support Proposition 85, so that minors may not fall victim to the abortion industry"
• Oregon - "Give our citizens the wisdom to support Measure 43, so that minors may not fall victim to the abortion industry"
• South Dakota - "May (they) uphold the law that will restore protection to their children,
  and may you hasten the day when that protection will sweep our entire nation"
• Missouri - "Grant that your people may reject Amendment 2 and the harm that it would bring to Missouri and to the nation"

It is reassuring that god is so involved in the matters of a handful of American states that she even knows the numbers of the ballot initiatives while the rest of the world goes down the drain.