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Ernest Istook: “Maybe they should have banned an emblem of the IRS itself since that is, as you point out, offensive to many people. But…”

On the recordMay 5, 1998
Maybe they should have banned an emblem of the IRS itself since that is, as you point out, offensive to many people. But that is such a dangerous trend. But you see, it is not only the IRS. If you read the Supreme Court decision in the case of Lee v. Weisman, that is the graduation prayer case, in it, Justice Kennedy, writing on behalf of the Supreme Court, says, Assuming as we must that the prayer which the rabbi offered at the graduation was offensive, so the Supreme Court said we must assume that a prayer at a public school graduation is an offensive act. Four of the justices disagreed. It was a 5 to 4 decision.
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Ernest Istook
Oklahoma
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Discussing the implications of a Supreme Court decision on public school graduation prayers.

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