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Robert Packwood: “I believe it has said that a child can have a moment of silent prayer. I am not sure what it has said about a minute of…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
I believe it has said that a child can have a moment of silent prayer. I am not sure what it has said about a minute of oral prayer, a child doing it himself, so long as it does not disrupt the class, or if somebody says grace before meals.
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Robert Packwood
Republican · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the implications of a court ruling on prayer in schools.

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