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Jack Kingston: “Now, I only say that to the degree that, as our society gets more and more diverse, it is reasonable to expect in a…”

On the recordMay 5, 1998
Now, I only say that to the degree that, as our society gets more and more diverse, it is reasonable to expect in a country of 260 million people some folks who are in a very minority, extreme minority-type religion who pray perhaps in a bizarre way; and by that I mean, maybe they do not bow their heads when they pray, maybe they scream or something. And I am only phrasing this question in a hypothetical right now, but it is still very possible for some fringe religions to get under the Religious Freedom Amendment equal time in the classroom, so to speak, and it is fair, the way the gentleman has bent over backwards to draw this thing so fair that it will happen. How does the gentleman answer those concerns?
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing concerns about religious diversity and the implications of the Religious Freedom Amendment.

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