"Hi, Joe! When I wrote the original article, I viewed the bumper sticker as a political statement, not a prayer. I saw it as a reaction to "God Bless America" stickers. Maybe it was; it doesn't matter. What matters is what people think it means when they slap it on their bumpers. From the response I got, the people who have this on their cars are *not* responding to a narrower view. The "no exceptions" phrase is *not* an implication that another, lesser view would ask for exceptions. I have learned. :-) Like you, I cringe when religion is pulled into a political setting. As Abraham Lincoln said (I now question any of his quotes on the Internet), “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.” Thanks for dropping by." - Brent Logan