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James Traficant: “In America, when our schools can teach about Hitler and war but we cannot discuss God, something is very wrong, I say to…”

On the recordApril 21, 1999
In America, when our schools can teach about Hitler and war but we cannot discuss God, something is very wrong, I say to my colleagues. Not to use this great tragedy as the catalyst for a proposition we should be considering, but I believe school prayer should be strongly considered by this body. People who pray together are not likely, through history, to kill one another. I believe it is a reasonable thing to pursue. It may not be the total answer, but it is a start in the right direction. Let me remind Members that the Constitution may separate church and state, but it was never intended to separate God and the American people. We all pray for the families and grieve for the victims.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the need for school prayer in response to a school tragedy in Colorado.

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