A few weeks ago, Stuart Shepard of Focus on The Family urged members of that organization to pray for rain during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech tomorrow night.

“I’m talking ‘umbrella-ain’t-going-to-help-you rain,” the former pastor and television meteorologist said. He explained on the video: “I’m still pro-life, and I’m still in favor of marriage as being between one man and one woman. And I would like the next president who will select justices for the next Supreme Court to agree.”

Based on weather predictions, it seems like G-d had better things to do.

[T]omorrow’s weather forecast for Denver calls for a high of 82 degrees, with nary a cloud in the sky.

By Focus on The Family’s standards, is that considered an endorsement? —A. Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer