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Robert Packwood: “When the school district attempts to require the student to say a prayer, that is unconstitutional.”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
When the school district attempts to require the student to say a prayer, that is unconstitutional.
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Robert Packwood
Republican · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing the constitutionality of mandatory school prayers.

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