Senate Bill sb2568

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SM 2568

    By Senator Wise





    5-1616-04                                          See HM 1617

  1                     Senate Memorial No.____

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United States

  3         urging Congress to pass H.R. 3190 and S. 1558

  4         and to propose, for ratification by the states,

  5         an amendment to the United States Constitution

  6         that would preclude any prohibition or

  7         limitation on the recital or display of

  8         historical verses, mottos, or documents

  9         referencing God in any public place.

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11         WHEREAS, the 108th Congress has introduced in the

12  United State House of Representatives H.R. 3190, the

13  "Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act," and

14         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate requests all members of the

15  United States House of Representatives representing the State

16  of Florida to cosponsor H.R. 3190, and

17         WHEREAS, the 108th Congress has introduced in the

18  United States Senate S. 1558, the "Religious Liberties

19  Restoration Act," and

20         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate requests United States

21  Senators Bob Graham and Bill Nelson, representing the State of

22  Florida, to cosponsor S. 1558, and

23         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate encourages the United

24  States Senate and the United States House of Representatives

25  to propose, for ratification by the states, an amendment to

26  the Constitution of the United States to read that nothing in

27  the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise

28  limit the practice of individual or group prayer, the reading

29  or posting of the Ten Commandments, the recital of the Pledge

30  of Allegiance, and the display of the motto "In God We Trust"

31  or similar phrases from historical documents referencing God

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SM 2568
    5-1616-04                                          See HM 1617




 1  in any public place, including a school; nor shall it require

 2  any person to join in prayer or other religious activity, NOW,

 3  THEREFORE,

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 5  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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 7         That the Congress of the United States is encouraged to

 8  pass H.R. 3190 and S. 1558 and to propose, for ratification by

 9  the states, an amendment to the United States Constitution

10  that would preclude any prohibition or limitation on the

11  recital or display of historical verses, mottos, or documents

12  referencing God in any public place.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

14  dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

15  President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

16  United States House of Representatives, and to each member of

17  the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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