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John Danforth: “You would then be solving a big problem at the end of this amendment. That is clear. You would still have the primary…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
You would then be solving a big problem at the end of this amendment. That is clear. You would still have the primary problem with the amendment; namely, this is the problem of Uncle Sam, we in the Senate, making a decision relating to the most fundamental values of a local community. We are saying that under the circumstance--just as an example--under the circumstance in which there is divisiveness in a community--let us say this Farrakhan character has just shown up in the community. There is an uproar going on, total uproar, on the basis of religion. We are saying that school district under those circumstances cannot say that we believe this is disruptive and we are not going to permit it.
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John Danforth
Missouri
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The speaker addresses the implications of a Senate amendment on local community values and decision-making.

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