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Walter B. Jones: Is it not true that in Texas, and I forgot the town, somewhere around Galveston I believe, a couple, 3 years ago, that a…

On the recordMarch 31, 1998
Is it not true that in Texas, and I forgot the town, somewhere around Galveston I believe, a couple, 3 years ago, that a Federal judge actually told the principal of a school that if during the graduation that the person giving the prayer would use the name Jesus that if that was going to be done that the judge would order that U.S. marshals be stationed at the school and the person that used the word Jesus in a prayer would be removed?
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Questioning a colleague about a federal judge's ruling on prayer at a school graduation in Texas.

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