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Show Sen. Bennett Seeks Legislation To Permit School Prayers Washington - Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, K-Utah, recently Joined in introducing a resolution proposing pro-posing a Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment to permit voluntary participation partici-pation in prayer in the public schools. Sen. Bennett joined with the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Everett Ev-erett M. Dirksen, R-lll. In introducing intro-ducing the proposed amendment. "This amendment is simple, voluntary and permissive," Sen. Bennett said. "It places the responsibility re-sponsibility upon local school authorities and gives no legal authority to an official body to dictate the form or content of a prayer." The Utahn, who has joined In the past in introducing resolutions resolu-tions which would allow voluntary volun-tary prayers in schools, said that the latest resolution was motivated motivat-ed by a new "surge of fear and storm of protest over recent Supreme Su-preme Court Decisions banning prayer." |