[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FREEDOM OF WORSHIP

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it was my great pleasure to attend services 
earlier this month at Arlington First Baptist Church in Jonesville, 
North Carolina, at the invitation of Pastor Jerry Fugate and my dear 
friends Ray and Betty Shore.
  Area elected officials were invited to worship that day and to 
celebrate our country's independence. On the front of the bulletin was 
Romans 13:4: ``For government is God's servant for good.''
  On the back of the bulletin was this message: ``The first part of the 
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says, `Congress shall make no 
law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free 
exercise thereof.' Yet today we see a constant barrage of individuals 
and organizations who prattle on and on about the separation of church 
and State, a concept nowhere to be found in the Constitution or its 
amendments.''
  I thank Pastor Fugate for the focus on the first amendment of the 
Constitution. I urge other churches to do all they can to help our 
citizens know what our Constitution says so they can be protected by it 
and help preserve it.

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