Melton Hancock: “Mr. Chairman, the program or activity is defined as an activity with the purpose or effect of encouraging or supporting…”

That is correct, and they also have to uphold the rules and regulations, the mandates, if you want to call it that, the other 23 of the Department of Education. So, those funds could be removed, if in fact--if they did not abide by the law.

Counseling them for the purpose of the counseling which we have here of homosexuality as a positive, affirmative lifestyle, yes, I think that would be prohibited.

I am hoping other communities will emulate what they have started there in Springfield, but it is the positive thing that I want to stress. I have been up here for almost 70 years. I mean it is negative, and I will say that you have to…

is it not great that we live in a country where we do not have to work 14 hours a day just to get enough to eat or 18 hours a day just to get enough to eat? You know we can spend a little time, and maybe quit watching so much television…