John Danforth

The amendment that has been offered by the Senator from North Carolina would be a Federal mandate to the State and local governments relating to prayer in school. It would say that local governments and local school boards must permit…

I would be happy to stop short of riot, and I will posit another situation short of a riot. Let us suppose a community is 90 percent Christian and 10-percent Jewish. And let us suppose that the Christian kids are very enthusiastic, very…

there are some things that cannot be done by people in the name of their religion on the floor of the U.S. Senate. There are some things that must be done in one's own life and in one's own community. That realization that there are limits…

Does the Senator believe that the Constitution now says that school districts must allow voluntary prayer in their school?

I will point out this amendment, as the amendment is written, will clearly permit a child to disrupt a class. The Helms amendment says specifically that the school board cannot, and I quote ``influence the form or content of any prayer in…

However, I think it is more that when there is a public furor that has arisen over what has become a very well-publicized speech which is plainly anti-Semitic and in addition to its very strong anti-Semitic character also is anti-Catholic…