[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: March 8, 1994]
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                        PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Governor Allen and the State of Virginia 
are pushing a bill to allow prayer in their public schools.
  I commend Governor Allen. Many in this country continue to blast 
school prayer. They say it violates the principle of the separation of 
church and state.
  Mr. Speaker, the Constitution may separate church and state, but it 
was never intended to separate God and the American people. Think about 
it.
  Every morning we start out our session with a prayer. So does the 
other body. The roof has yet to cave in, and we have not seen a 
dictatorship start up yet.
  Let us face it: The truth is the overwhelming majority of the 
American people believe in God, and this politically correct business 
has gone too far when the only time you hear God mentioned in our 
public schools is when someone takes God's name in vain.
  Now, if that is politically incorrect to support school prayer, then, 
ladies and gentlemen, I am politically incorrect.
  Mr. Speaker, one last thing, God and the American people have been 
together an awful long time. So has Congress and God. Think about it.

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