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From: nowlin@ihu1e.UUCP (Jerry Nowlin)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics
Subject: School Prayer Amendment
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Date: Wed, 5-Sep-84 09:15:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  5 09:15:03 1984
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Why do proponents of school prayer feel they have  to  have  a  constitutional
amendment  to be satisfied?  I can remember the whole class standing up to say
the pledge of allegiance and the lords prayer before class started when I  was
in  grade school.  I don't remember exactly when we had to stop.  I still said
prayers at lunch in the cafeteria right through high school.  Why can't school
prayer advocates be satisfied with that kind of personal prayer now?

What exactly do they want the amendment to do?  Will it set aside a  slice  of
school  time?   Will it force students that don't want to pray to participate?
Just to play the devils advocate, what will these people do when  a  group  of
witches  decide the amendment allows them to pray to satan?  Would anyone care
to take a shot at this topic?

Jerry