The U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed a controversial school prayer amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The “Religious Freedom Amendment,” sponsored by Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) and now headed to the full House, would pave the way for government subsidy of prayer in schools and others forms of religious expression on public property.
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