[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




THE CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH FROM STATE, BUT NOT 
                    OF GOD FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (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, Brittney Settle, a Tennessee ninth 
grader, wrote a paper about Jesus Christ. The teacher flunked her. The 
teacher said Jesus Christ is not an appropriate topic for a public 
school.
  Appropriate? Other students are allowed to write about devil worship, 
reincarnation, the whole gamut; witchcraft. The Supreme Court, by the 
way, says Jesus Christ is not an appropriate topic. They sided with the 
school.
  Mr. Speaker, is there any wonder our schools are so screwed up when 
the only time you can hear God's name is when it is taken in vain? Wake 
up, Congress. The Constitution may separate church and State, but the 
Constitution never intended to separate God and the American people. In 
God we trust. It would not be all over our buildings and all over our 
currency. Something is wrong in our public schools when the only time 
you can hear God's name legally is when it is taken in vain. Let us 
take a look at some issues here, Congress.

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