[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




WITHOUT GOD HONORED BY OUR NATION, EVEN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 
                            WILL NOT SAVE US

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Arizona public schools will begin each day by reciting 
the Declaration of Independence. I applaud Arizona, but it is not 
enough.
  America was founded on religious freedom, guaranteeing that there 
would not be one state-sponsored religion, but the Founders never 
intended to outlaw, to prohibit and to kill school prayer.
  The Declaration of Independence was drafted to ensure rights, not to 
limit rights. All schools in America should have the right to allow 
school prayer if they should choose to do so, period. And America, 
without God, will not be saved by the Declaration of Independence.
  I yield back the rape, murder, drugs, guns, and violence in America's 
schools.

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