Saxby Chambliss - Should prayer be permitted in public schools?

Chambliss co-sponsored H.J.RES.13, which proposed amending the constitution to clarify that prayer could not be prohibited in public schools.

S.J.RES.11

Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools.
Sponsor: Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] (introduced 3/29/2007)
Cosponsors (7)
Related Bills: H.J.RES.41
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

COSPONSORS(7), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 3/29/2007
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 3/29/2007
Sen Dole, Elizabeth [NC] - 3/29/2007
Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 3/29/2007
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA] - 3/29/2007
Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 3/29/2007
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 3/29/2007

Text of the bill:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools.

'Nothing in this Constitution, including any amendment to this Constitution, shall be construed to prohibit voluntary prayer or require prayer in a public school, or to prohibit voluntary prayer or require prayer at a public school extracurricular activity.'