Jack Kingston: “But should a child go to see the teacher and say, all right, I would like to say a prayer, my dad is in the hospital…”

“But should a child go to see the teacher and say, all right, I would like to say a prayer, my dad is in the hospital right now; the teacher says, that is fine, Johnny, but we are going to call roll, and we are going to go to our math class, and we are going to follow that with English and social studies and lunch, and then we are going to go home. There is no time. So what does Johnny do, say you are infringing on my religion? The teacher may say, no, you can pray, but we do not have time. The constitutional amendment does not require that I give you a set time. Now, Ms. Jones down the hall, it is okay with her to have 30 seconds out in the morning.”