Comment on a colleague’s work #2

In response to the National Journal's post, Hello! they discussed Nation Prayer Day. This is my response to what they said:

I respect your argument and your right to believe in whatever god you choose, but not everyone believes in a god and I think clearly if you think about the idea of National Prayer Day and it being encouraged by the government, Jefferson would flip in his grave because clearly church and state are not separate. And just because National Prayer Day has been around since 1952 doesn't mean that it is appropriate for this day in age. Do you know what was also around in 1952? Segregation. We have progressed as a society since then, for the better.
Furthermore, not everyone prays to "the man above" and people are thankful in their own way. If everyone would stop wasting their time closing their eyes and clasping their hands together talking to an imaginary person praying for change and actually get up off their knees and physically do something about what they are praying for this world would be a much better place.

note: I did not capitalize god because I do not feel it is appropriate whether that is grammatically correct or not.