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Bobby Scott: “Just to remind people that students ought to be able to attend their public schools, free from unwarranted…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2015
Just to remind people that students ought to be able to attend their public schools, free from unwarranted proselytization or coercion. We have the Establishment Clause, as well as the Free Exercise Clause, and as public employees exercise their rights, they should not violate a person's right to go to school and not be faced with a phalanx of people all coercing him into joining in prayer. The teachers and administrators ought not be guiding the prayer and suggesting that the State has a particular religion. We have an Establishment Clause, as well as a Free Exercise Clause. I reserve the balance of my time.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia
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Feb 26, 2015

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