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James Traficant: “Once again, the Supreme Court is considering a school prayer issue. Beam me up. The founders are rolling over in their…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2000
Once again, the Supreme Court is considering a school prayer issue. Beam me up. The founders are rolling over in their graves. The founders never intended to separate God from our schools; the founders simply intended to ensure that there would not be one, one State-sponsored religion, period. My colleagues know it, I know it, and the American people know it. The truth is, an America without prayer is an America without God, and a school without prayer is a school without God. I yield back the utter stupidity of the America political system that continues to rationalize, debate, and deny the importance of God and why our founders placed it in our Constitution.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the Supreme Court's consideration of a school prayer issue.

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