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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer. (Introduced in House)

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111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. J. RES. 6

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 7, 2009

Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

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

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is hereby 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 if ratified by the legislatures of at least three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its proposal to the States by the Congress:

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    `Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer. Neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.'.