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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to school prayer.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 11, 2007

Mr. MURTHA introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to school prayer.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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`Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual prayer in public schools or to prohibit school officials from including voluntary prayer in official school ceremonies and meetings. Neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink