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James Traficant: after the Arkansas tragedy where four students and a teacher were killed by two youngsters, the shooting death of…

On the recordApril 29, 1998
after the Arkansas tragedy where four students and a teacher were killed by two youngsters, the shooting death of Pennsylvania teacher John Gillette has shocked America. Experts are confused and, they say, searching for answers. The irony is these same experts, with all their degrees, have one thing in common: most of them oppose school prayer. In fact, time and time again, they have employed constitutional mumbo jumbo to kill school prayer. They just do not get it. A school without God is a school without education. A school without God is a school without discipline. A school without God is a school without values, ladies and gentlemen. Maybe experts will finally get the message that a school without God is a playground for the demon. The Congress should allow school prayer. I yield back any common sense left in Washington.

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Discussing the need for school prayer in light of recent school shootings.

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