I believe students should be allowed to
carry a Bible to school and read it if they so desire, to invite friends
to church services and to gather together for student-initiated
voluntary prayer.
I believe every citizen, even
government employees such as teacher Mildred Rosario of the Bronx,
should have the right to talk openly about God in the work place. Judges
should be allowed to hang the Ten Commandments in the courtroom. Elected
officials should be allowed to offer times of prayer and to pray in
public. No benefit should be denied an individual or group because of
religious affiliation. No city seal, state flag, statue or grave marker
should be altered to satisfy the secular quest to remove God from public
view.
To that end, I agree with the wording
of the Religious Freedom Amendment which fell short of the needed 290
votes on June 4, 1998 but which did receive the votes of a majority of
Congressmen.
The Religious Freedom
Amendment:
To secure the people's right to
acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: Neither the
United States nor any State shall establish any official religion, but
the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs,
heritage or tradition on public property, including schools, shall not
be infringed. Neither the United States nor any state shall require
any person to join in prayer, or other religious activity, prescribe
school prayers, discriminate against religion, or deny a benefit on
account of religion.
I therefore call upon Congressional
leaders to work for a new vote on the Religious Freedom Amendment, and
for the House and Senate to pass and present it to the States for
ratification to the Constitution.
Signed
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City and State ______________________________________________________________
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