National Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional

A federal district court in Wisconsin today ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb issued the decision in a case filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based atheist and agnostic group that challenged the constitutionality of a 1988 federal law.
"It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion," Crabb wrote, "because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience." 
The Freedom From Religion Foundation contends the statute violates the First Amendment because it endorses prayer and encourages citizens to engage in the practice.
By all means, we certainly wouldn't want our government to encourage people to pray!!!!  Why something bad might happen if Americans were encouraged to pray.