[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 91--DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2005 AS 
                  ``AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY MONTH''

  Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution, which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary:

                            S. Con. Res. 91

       Whereas religion has made a unique contribution in shaping 
     the United States as a distinctive and blessed Nation and 
     people;
       Whereas deeply held religious convictions led to the early 
     settlement of our nation;
       Whereas religious teachings from the Bible inspired 
     concepts of civil government that are contained in our 
     Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the 
     United States;
       Whereas the history of our Nation clearly illustrates the 
     value of voluntarily applying religious teaching in the lives 
     of individuals, families, and society;
       Whereas the profoundly held religious belief that all 
     people are created in the image of God and are therefore 
     equal in the eyes of God ultimately led to the abolition of 
     the deeply entrenched institution of slavery;
       Whereas many of our great national leaders acknowledged 
     that religion is the basis of national morality, as evidenced 
     by President Washington who said that ``reason and experience 
     both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail 
     in exclusion of religious principle'';
       Whereas the Nation now faces great challenges that will 
     test this Nation as it has never been tested before; and
       Whereas renewing our knowledge of a faith in the God of our 
     Founding Fathers can strengthen us as a Nation and a people: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) designates the month of April 2005 as ``American 
     Religious History Month'' in recognition of both the 
     formative influence that religion has been on our Nation, and 
     our national need to study and apply the religious teachings 
     embraced by our Founding Fathers; and
       (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
     calling upon the people of the United States to observe the 
     year with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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