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John Danforth: “The school district clearly can put limits on unconstitutional prayer, but prayer is not unconstitutional. There is no…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
The school district clearly can put limits on unconstitutional prayer, but prayer is not unconstitutional. There is no such thing as an unconstitutional prayer, that I know. The question is, are there reasonable limits to prayer that could be imposed by a school district? And my answer to that is clearly there have to be or else you would have utter chaos in the schools.
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John Danforth
Missouri

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The speaker discusses the limits of prayer in schools and its constitutionality.

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