Bob Barr: “What exactly is it that you fear? What is it in this amendment that makes you so fearful of having the American public…”

“What exactly is it that you fear? What is it in this amendment that makes you so fearful of having the American public debate and decide this issue, that causes you to deny even the American people the right to debate and vote on this issue? Is it that perhaps, if the American people had the issue presented to them through their legislatures in a clear-cut way what this amendment, proposed amendment, will do, that they might actually in large numbers all across America, not just in my district in Georgia which strongly supports this but all over the country rise up and tell their legislatures, yes, we do want America to return to its roots; yes, we do want schoolchildren to know that perhaps the Bible and the scriptures, the Old and New Testament and other religious writings are better than guns to solve problems? Is that what they truly fear? Because if it is, then I think this debate ought to really recognize that and ought to highlight that here today. America truly is at a crossroads.”