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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