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On the recordJune 4, 1998
I have no problem with that. They have that right. But they do not have the right to stand up in an algebra class and do it. But they have the right to pray on their own. And so we have to have some reasonableness applied to it. We have prayer in the public schools now.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing the rights of students to pray in public schools.

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