Grant Us Wisdom, Courage, And Heterosexuality

Speaking of the National Day of Prayer, take a look at the list of suggested prayer topics. Of the five institutions that they want us to pray for, the instructions for four of them are appropriately general and innocuous requests for guidance and responsibility. But under the heading "Education," we're not told to pray for the wisdom of our teachers and the moral and intellectual development of students. Rather, we're told to specifically pray against the spread of "homosexual propaganda." Neither of the two orientations -- nondenominational generalities or specific policy prescriptions -- is necessarily wrong, but it's strange to see them mixed together like that.