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President Ronald Reagan said:
âI am deeply disappointed that, although a majority of the Senate voted for it, the school prayer amendment fell short.â
On September 25, 1982, Reagan said:
âUnfortunately, in the last two decades weâve experienced an onslaught of such twisted logic that if Alice were visiting America, she might think sheâd never left Wonderland. Weâre told that it somehow violates the rights of others to permit students in school who desire to pray to do so. Clearly this infringes on the freedom of those who choose to pray, the freedom taken for granted since the time of our Founding Fathers â¦â