And if the school district attempts to take away that right, should we sanction them by withholding funds?

I would be inclined to, given the circumstance you mentioned, probably agree with you in that fact situation. If you had a zealous 90 percent Christian district with proselytizing kids, harassing their 10 percent, the 10 percent Jewish…

I am not saying that any more than what Justice Holmes said about shouting fire in a crowded theater. Freedom of speech does not extend that far. I am sure freedom of religion does not extend as far as if you are faced with a Louis…

Apparently, the Court has said they cannot totally opt out of the religious situation. That is unconstitutional. They cannot say a child cannot pray. You cannot say you cannot meet after school on an equal basis, a religious or an athletic…

Let me ask the Senator from North Carolina then, if there is no constitutional right, as the Senator from Missouri said, I assume the Senator's amendment could not stop any money, if there was no constitutional right.

I want to add my voice as one who has opposed most of the school prayer amendments, either statutory or constitutional, that we have had in the past, in support of this. A little bit of background and history as to school prayer in this…

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…

I have opposed constitutional amendments which would have allowed school boards to write prayers or teachers to direct prayers. If you ever want to stop a Rotary audience, when somebody asks you about school prayers, just ask them who…

I had a sense of deja vu last night. The President, at one point in his speech, related to health care and said: And, I might say, employer-based private insurance for every American was proposed 20 years ago by President Richard Nixon to…

Health care reform is key to reducing the federal deficit and keeping it down. In fact, throughout last year's budget debate, the president made it clear that he was proposing a two-pronged attack on our nation's deficit. The first step…