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Willie Hefner: “What I am getting at, a Muslim child or their parents are Buddhist, they could not say the prayer, could they?”

On the recordJune 4, 1998
What I am getting at, a Muslim child or their parents are Buddhist, they could not say the prayer, could they?
Said by
Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing religious freedom and prayer in schools.

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