For those who aren’t aware, the National Day of Reason is the inclusive alternative to the National Day of Prayer, an annual observance during which the president issues a proclamation encouraging Americans to pray in thanks for America’s freedom and other values.

Unfortunately, the Day of Prayer excludes the nearly one quarter of Americans who are nonreligious and don’t pray but who wish to celebrate the important values that are lauded during the observance. The National Day of Reason was therefore created as a viable inclusive alternative to the Day of Prayer that is equally worthy of government recognition. The goal of this effort is to celebrate reason—a concept all Americans (both religious and nonreligious) can support—and to promote public policy that is based on reason and logic instead of politics and ideology.