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Urging the Georgia Delegation to the United States Congress to support the adoption of House Joint Resolution 81 proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing prayer and expression of religious beliefs on public property and in public schools; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, House Joint Resolution 81 pending in the United States House of Representatives proposes an amendment to the Untied States Constitution allowing prayer and expression of religious beliefs on public property, including public schools; and

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment reads as follows:
"To secure the people´s right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience:
Neither the United States nor any State shall establish any official religion, but the people´s right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed.
The United States and the States shall not compose school prayers, nor require any person to join in prayer or other religious activity."

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the Georgia Delegation to the United States Congress is urged to support the adoption of House Joint Resolution 81.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia Delegation to the United States Congress.