[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

  (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, today is the National Day of Prayer. 
There will be prayer in hospitals, prisons, State legislatures, the 
House of Representatives, United States Senate, the White House, and 
even prayer to open the Supreme Court, but there will be no prayer in 
our schools.
  Think about it. A Supreme Court that opens each session with ``God, 
save the United States and this honorable court'' on one hand forbids 
prayer in our schools on the other hand. This is a Supreme Court that 
must be challenged by the Congress of these United States.
  A school without prayer is a school without God. Members know it. I 
know it. The American people know it. Deep down, even the Supreme Court 
knows it. We do not just need a National Day of Prayer for political 
purposes. We should overrule the Supreme Court and pass a law to allow 
prayer in our schools. In America, the people govern, not the courts.

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