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John Danforth: A school can certainly say we are not going to have prayer in classrooms during school right now, as of now, until we…

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
A school can certainly say we are not going to have prayer in classrooms during school right now, as of now, until we pass this.
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John Danforth
Missouri

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The speaker is discussing the issue of prayer in schools.

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