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John Danforth: It is unconstitutional to require somebody to say a prayer. But anybody who wants to utter a prayer has a constitutional…

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
It is unconstitutional to require somebody to say a prayer. But anybody who wants to utter a prayer has a constitutional right to utter that prayer. I am not talking about officially mandated prayer. Nobody is discussing that.
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John Danforth
Missouri

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The speaker addresses the constitutionality of mandated prayer.

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