I eagerly await the mouth-foaming meltdown from the militant atheists on ThinkProgress.

Orlando, Florida (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday asked an audience of social conservatives in Florida to pray for President Barack Obama.

“As I campaign for president, I not only ask you for your vote and your support, I ask you for your prayers,” Perry said. “I ask you to pray for our country. I ask you to pray for our president to give him wisdom, to open his eyes.”

Perry was addressing a rally organized by the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition ahead of Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in Orlando.

As he was deciding whether to run for president, Perry said prayer played a powerful role. The governor said he couldn’t have entered the race “without being driven to my knees on many occasions.”