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Sanford Bishop: “The gentleman is aware that nowhere in our existing Constitution now does the word ``God'' appear, not even in the First…”

On the recordJune 4, 1998
The gentleman is aware that nowhere in our existing Constitution now does the word ``God'' appear, not even in the First Amendment. And while we recognize that on our money and in the Constitutions of most States the word ``God'' does appear, not in the supreme law of the land, our United States Constitution.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the absence of the word 'God' in the U.S. Constitution.

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