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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 4, 1998
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) to secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience, neither the United States nor any State shall establish an official religion; (2) the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, or traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed; and (3) 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 equal access to a benefit on account of religion.
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Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R–OK
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Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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