Political Quotes

“the Constitution was intended to guarantee freedom of religion, not freedom from religion, but there are those who have clearly been determined to drive out all traces of religion from the public sphere. They have ignored the religious traditions upon which this great Nation was founded. When a small child in De Kalb County, Alabama, is subjected to two restrictions on how, when and where they can pray, this is not freedom. When tax dollars are used against people that will go to pay court-appointed monitors to go into the schools, this is not freedom. This amendment does not endorse any one religion, but it, rather, states that religious expression such as prayer, which has deep-rooted significance in the history of this Nation, should not be excluded from the public square. How can we promote integrity in our leaders and improve the moral fiber of our people without a basis and some absolute standard? George Washington, of course, the Father of our Country, probably said it best in his farewell address when he said morality could not be maintained without religion. His words were, ``National morality cannot prevail in the exclusion of religious principle.'' As has been mentioned here today, we open each session with prayer in this Chamber, the face of Moses looks down on us all as we stand here this afternoon, and we should not deny that same privilege to our children and the people of the United States of America.”