Christopher Shays: “I teach my daughter she can pray and anytime, anywhere she wants, and my daughter does that. She has taught me a lot of…”

“I teach my daughter she can pray and anytime, anywhere she wants, and my daughter does that. She has taught me a lot of things about prayer. My wife knows she can pray anywhere she wants at any time. I urge my colleagues to recognize that we already have this right. All we need to do is fight for it. We do not need to change the Constitution of the United States. In a letter that was sent out to the Constituents of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards) the Christian Coalition, said this amendment would allow all Americans the freedom of religious expression in public places and would ensure that school children are not punished for creating a valentine to Jesus or for reading a Bible during free time. They can do that right now. If someone seeks to punish them, they should use their freedom of speech under the Constitution and protest, however they have to protest. Let's just fight for our rights under the Constitution, instead of trying to change it.”