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James Traficant: “another attack on school prayer, this time at the Virginia Military Institute. For 157 years, VMA students said a prayer…”

On the recordMay 16, 2001
another attack on school prayer, this time at the Virginia Military Institute. For 157 years, VMA students said a prayer before dinner; not anymore. Attorneys representing two, mind you two, students said it is unconstitutional. Unbelievable. Schools without prayer, schools without God. And what really frosts my pumpkin, experts around the country say it has solved the problem. Congress, should give them more money. Beam me up. Schools do not need more money; schools can use God. I yield back all the guns, drugs, murder and rape in our schools. And I ask what is next, church without prayer?
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the issue of school prayer at the Virginia Military Institute.

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