And those two words, if added, ``constitutionally permitted,'' would mean if a school district does not allow a student to stand up and do silent prayer or stand up and do a modest oral prayer that does not disrupt the class, whatever the Court allows, the Senator from North Carolina would allow, and say the school district must allow.
The speaker is discussing the implications of adding the phrase 'constitutionally permitted' to a legislative proposal regarding school prayer.
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Let me ask my good friend from Missouri a question then because this amendment really falls, in my mind, into three categories. First, we are going to withhold the funds; second, if you prohibit constitutional prayers; and third, the local…
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.
They can say that you cannot have compulsory prayer, you cannot have school-led prayer, you cannot have teacher-led prayer. I do not know whether or not the Court has said, if school starts at 8:15 in the morning, that at 9:30 Susie or…
No, if you were to add the words ``constitutionally permitted,'' the school district can put limitations on unconstitutional prayer. They can say you cannot----
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