Political Quotes

“this amendment seeks to solve a problem that does not exist and then quietly create a very serious problem. There is no constitutional prohibition against children praying in school. Yes, teachers have told children not to read the Bible on the school bus or say grace before meals. Those teachers were wrong. Teachers are not infallible. Children have the right to do that. At all of those many moments during the school day when, without disrupting the regular procedure, children are free to talk, to read, to decide what to do, they may themselves pray, if they have been taught to do so. The real problem here, and I find this ironic from people who talk about themselves as 'defenders of family values,' is that there are many in this country who do not think that the average family, left to its own choices, will inculcate enough religion in their children, because any schoolchild who has been brought up to be religious will find innumerable chances during the day in school, and certainly before and after at school clubs that are sanctioned, as they should be, to pray. They can read the Bible on the school bus. They can say grace before they eat. They can say a prayer as they walk to class. They can say a prayer in the school yard at recess.”