Idiocy at the 2009 inauguration

The date is January 20, 2009 as I write, the inauguration coverage on all major networks is streaming to the public. It is a historical day for all of america and happy day for a good majority of it. I myself am quite hopeful for a change in washington but one thing at the inauguration made me sick to my stomach. During the beggining of the program a Minister from a famous American church got up on the podium and begged god for forgiveness and recited the lords prayer. First problem with this, the United States of America is and always has been a SECULAR nation meaning that we are a nation of many diverse religions and our government does not claim one as the natons religion, nor is it supposed to make its descisions because of a single religion. That would be discriminating against every other religion in the United States by not including them. I thought we weren't supposed to discriminate? Apparently you can if you are Minister.