Topics in the News: School Prayer
Roseanne Barr on Education
: Sep 24, 2012
Oppose teacher-led prayer in public schools
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Teacher-led prayer in public schools"?
Q: Oppose
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Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Marco Rubio on Education
: Jun 19, 2012
Silent on voluntary school prayer
Behind the scenes many Democrats considered Rubio someone with whom they could work. The most skilled politicians understand that their opponents need to perform for their constituents, but they still can be reasonable negotiators behind closed doors.
They deliver piercing lines when the audience is present or the video cameras are rolling, but are less strident when the paying patrons have gone home and the klieg lights are dimmed.
Rubio earned a reputation as someone who understood this, and it only helped him raise his statue and spread good-will.Rubio could be careful on controversial issues. Conservative lawmakers tried to engage him on voluntary school prayer and
abortion, but "he was nowhere to be found," an influential conservative Florida lawmaker said. "I always thought it was a shame because Marco was obviously the most gifted orator."
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Source: The Rise of Marco Rubio, by Manuel Rogi-Franzia, p.110
Virgil Goode on Education
: May 16, 2012
Allow school prayer on a voluntary basis.
Q: Do you support teacher-led prayer in public schools?A: Prayer should be allowed on a voluntary basis.
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Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Rocky Anderson on Education
: Feb 10, 2012
Opposes teacher-led prayer in public schools
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Teacher-led prayer in public schools"?
A: Strongly Oppose
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Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Mitt Romney on Families & Children
: Feb 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich's Family Values compared to Mitt's
Do Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on Family Values? (Yes, but Newt focuses on a moral basis while Mitt focuses on practical aspects). Do they both like school prayer? (No; Newt is for it; Mitt is not). OnTheIssues' paperback book explores how
Mitt's economic issue stances differ from Newt's, and where they are similar. We cite details from Mitt's books and speeches, and Newt's, so you can compare them, side-by-side, on issues like these: Mitt vs. Newt on Social
Issues
- Federal Abortion Laws
- Stem Cells
- Judicial Activism
- Welfare State
- Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell
- Defense of Marriage Act
- Affirmative Action
- College Loans
- School Vouchers
- Department of Education
- School
Prayer
- Fathers In Families
- Tea Party
- Religious Values
- American Exceptionalism
- Conservative Values
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Source: Paperback: Mitt vs. Newt On The Issues
Andre Barnett on Education
: Jan 2, 2012
Supports teacher-led prayer in public schools
Q: Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "Teacher-led prayer in public schools"?
A: Agree, depending on the type of school.
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Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Mitt Romney on Education
: Jan 1, 2012
Gov. Perry's education policy stances compared to Romney's
Do Perry and Romney agree on school prayer? (No, only Perry is for it). Do they both want to abolish the Department of Education (No; Romney no longer wants that, but Perry does).
We cite details from Romney's books and speeches, and Perry's, so you can compare them, side-by-side, on issues like these:
Romney vs. Perry on Social Issues
- Supreme Court and Abortion
- Prenatal Policy
- Legality of Abortion
- Federal Abortion Laws
- Stem Cell Research
- School Prayer
- School Choice
-
Education Vouchers
- Department of Education
- Family Values
- Family Strength
- Religious Independence
- Religious Freedom
- Religious Faith
- Homelessness vs. Dependency
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Source: Paperback: Perry vs. Romney On The Issues
Jill Stein on Education
: Dec 21, 2011
Opposes teacher-led prayer in public schools
Q: What do you think about teacher-led prayer in public schools? A: I oppose it.
Q: Is that a federal issue or should it be left to the states?
A: The separation of church and state is inherently a federal issue.
It's hard to duck that. That is part of our Constitution. To favor one religion is to inherently favor the others. Government needs to be neutral in order to respect everyone's religion.
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Source: 2011 OnTheIssues interview with Jill Stein
Sarah Palin on Principles & Values
: Nov 23, 2010
Fought each Xmas as mayor to keep Jesus manger in Wasilla
When I was mayor of Wasilla, I had to fight for six Christmases to keep the baby Jesus manger scene on display on Wasilla Lake. And the Ten Commandments are becoming harder to find in American courthouses than unicorns.
Most Americans are honestly puzzled about why these religious displays are so darn controversial. The fact is that these challenges reflect more than just theoretical, legal, and constitutional differences.
They are evidence of a profound cultural divide. According to a 2008 Pew poll, 92% of Americans believe in
God or a universal spirit, and more than half of us pray at least once a day. And yet we have an influential academic and legal elite that not only fails to share this belief, but seems actively hostile to it.
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Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p.210
Sarah Palin on Principles & Values
: Nov 23, 2010
Elites in "lame stream media" consider Americans alien
What is threatening about the Ten Commandments, a moral code that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, the religions that account for 97% of all Americans believers, recognizes as the basis for living a good life? Why can't people just live and let live?
Part of the answer is the cultural divide between our governing elites and the mass of the American people. Most of those who write for the mainstream media and teach at universities and law schools don't share the religious faith of their fellow
Americans. They seem to regard people who believe in God and regularly attend their church or synagogue as alien beings, people who are "largely poor, uneducated and easy to command," as the Washington Post once famously put it.
Perhaps for this and other obvious reasons, I often refer to the conventional press as the "lame stream media." The truth is that we ARE alien--to them.
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Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p.215
Sarah Palin on Principles & Values
: Sep 17, 2008
When I hear our National Anthem, I get a lump in my throat
Q: What motivates you? What made you want to get into the political world? A: My love of this country. I’m one of those people, you know, I see a soldier walk through the airport and, you know, my heart does a little double-take. And I hear the
Pledge of Allegiance or our National Anthem and I get a lump in my throat. And know that that’s the majority of Americans. Also, I am so proud, have been so proud of our country, every step of the way. We’ve made mistakes. We learn from our mistakes.
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Source: 2008 Fox News interview on “Hannity & Colmes”
Ron Paul on Education
: Apr 1, 2008
School prayer is not a federal issue
[Limits on Constitutional authority] holds true for issues like prayer in schools. Such issues were never meant to be decided by federal judges.
The whole point of the American Revolution was to vindicate the principle of local self government.
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Source: The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, p. 61
Barack Obama on Principles & Values
: Jan 15, 2008
Despite attack email, pledges Allegiance & uses Bible
Q: There is a lot of false information about you circulating on the Internet. One e-mail in particular alleges that you are trying to hide the fact that you are Muslim; that you took the oath of office on the Koran and not the Bible; that you will not
pledge allegiance to the flag. How does your campaign combat this kind of thing?A: First of all, let’s make clear what the facts are. I am a Christian. I have been sworn in with a Bible. I pledge allegiance and lead the Pledge of Allegiance sometimes
in the US Senate, when I’m presiding. But you know, in the Internet age, there are going to be lies that are spread all over the place. Fortunately the American people are smarter than folks give them credit for. My job is to tell the truth, to
be straight with the American people about my vision for where the country needs to go. If I’m doing that effectively, then I place my trust in the American people that they will sort out the lies from the truth and they will make a good decision.
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Source: 2008 Democratic debate in Las Vegas
Ron Paul on Government Reform
: Sep 17, 2007
Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God
Q: Would you support the Constitution Restoration Act that prevents federal courts from hearing lawsuits brought to stop public officials from acknowledging God in such ways as the Pledge of Allegiance, public display of the Ten Commandments, & public
prayer?- HUCKABEE: Yes.
- TANCREDO: Yes.
- COX: Yes.
- BROWNBACK: Yes.
- PAUL: Yes.
- HUNTER: Yes.
- KEYES: Yes.
HUNTER: At the first Constitutional Convention in 1787, they began each session with a prayer with the supplication to God.
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Source: [Xref Hunter] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate
Mitt Romney on Families & Children
: Jun 17, 2007
Strong military, strong economy, and strong families
A Boy Scout-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer set the stage for former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s family-values appearance in Cedar Rapids. Romney stressed his core beliefs in a strong military,
a strong economy and strong families. “Family-oriented American people, God-fearing people who love liberty, who will sacrifice for liberty, that is the source of America’s strength,” said Romney. “It always has been, it always will be.”
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Source: Danny Valentine, Des Moines Register
Barack Obama on Families & Children
: Oct 1, 2006
Listening to evangelicals bridges major political fault line
Today, white evangelical Christians are the heart and soul of the Republican Party’s grassroots base. It is their issues-abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools, intelligent design, Terri Schiavo, the posting of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse,
home schooling, voucher plans, and the makeup of the Supreme Court-that often dominate the headlines and serve as one of the major fault lines in American politics. The single biggest gap in party affiliation is between those who attend church regularly
and those who don’t. Democrats, meanwhile, are scrambling to “get religion,” even as a core segment of our constituency remains stubbornly secular, and fears that the agenda of an assertively Christian nation may not make room for them or their life
choices. The evangelists’ success points to a hunger for the product they are selling, a hunger that goes beyond any particular issue or cause. They need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them.
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Source: The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, p.201-2
Sarah Palin on Education
: Jul 31, 2006
Pledge of Allegiance with ‘Under God’ is good enough
Q: Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance?
A: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.
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Source: Eagle Forum 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire
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