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School ‘prayer’ bill looks certain
Post on Politics | Posted: February 22, 2012 1:40 PM
A measure that would let school boards authorize student-led “inspirational messages” – which critics condemn as a backdoor approach to allowing prayer in classrooms — cleared a House panel Wednesday and looks likely to become Florida law.
The legislation (CS/SB 98) cleared the Judiciary Committee on a 12-5 vote. Republicans sided with the measure that most Democrats opposed and called an unconstitutional attempt to inject religion into schools.
House sponsor Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, disagreed.
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