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...have found the perfect solution to waiting [ESSAY, July 23]. It is prayer...
...Democrats, too, are playing the game. They are acutely aware that their previous votes against a constitutional amendment to permit spoken prayers in public schools hurt them among Fundamentalist religious groups, particularly in the South, where the presidential election could be decided. Thus when Senate Republicans proposed a bill that would permit high school students to hold religious meetings before or after normal class hours if other student groups were granted similar use of school facilities, the Democrats voted overwhelmingly for it (see box). They were also quick to approve a House Republican proposal to require schools to permit "silent...
Critics counter that students already have the right to pray voluntarily whenever they wish. Organized religious meetings, they note, could pressure students into conforming to practices that violate their consciences and could open a back door to school-sponsored prayer. Some fear the bill could turn classrooms into forums for fringe cults, such as the Moonies, and a variety of political and cultural groups, ranging from the Ku Klux Klan to gay rights organizations. A crush of meetings could strain budgets for maintenance and supervision. "The tragedy is that the President has been able to direct attention away from...
Legislators hoped the equal-access vote would end the politicking over school prayer. But the next day, House Democrats had to rally to defeat a surprise Republican amendment to cut off federal funds to schools that bar spoken prayer "by individuals on a voluntary basis." The House then overwhelmingly approved another amendment stating that students should not be denied "the opportunity to participate in moments of silent prayer...
...took two Soviet Baptists to remind the churchmen that all was not as it seemed. During a prayer service, the two unfurled a banner reading REMEMBER, WE ARE A PERSECUTED CHURCH. They were promptly hustled away. A delegation leader later dismissed the prayer-service protest as an attempt to "grab media attention," but his view was not shared by all the Americans. Said one: "The message we got right from the start was not to do anything that might insult our Soviet hosts...