Henry Bonilla: “Mr. Speaker, there are parents out there in our communities who are crying out for help and crying out for support. A…”

“Mr. Speaker, there are parents out there in our communities who are crying out for help and crying out for support. A few weeks ago, I was in the fall parade in Devine, Texas, which is just a few miles south of San Antonio. A young man walked up to me, and told me he was a banker, an executive at the local bank. He did not approach me to talk about banking regulations or the banking bill now pending. He wanted to talk about prayer at high school football games, because in Medina County, for generations, they have traditionally opened games with voluntarily, nonmandated prayers. They have always opened the ceremonies at night by having a prayer. He could not understand how we have gotten to the point in this country where they are suddenly under a threat of legal action to stop them from doing this. He was just wondering what our country is coming to when we cannot have voluntary nondenominational, nonmandated prayer at our high schools if we so desire.”