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House Passes Public Expression of Religion Act
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John Henry
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Sep 27, 2006 07:34 PDT
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September 26, 2006
News Release
U.S. House Passes Public Expression of
Religion Act
by a 244 to 173 Vote
Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States House of Representatives
passed the
Public
Expression of Religion Act (HR 2679, also known as PERA). The final
vote was 244 in
favor to 173 against. The Act was sponsored by Congressman John
Hostettler from Indiana with 66 cosponsors.
PERA now goes to the Senate and if passed, anyone who sues government
officials over an Establishment Clause violation and wins could not
recover damages, attorney's fees or costs, but could still obtain a court
order halting any unconstitutional action. PERA would stop advocacy
groups like the ACLU from using the threat of monetary awards to force
the removal of Christmas displays, religious symbols from city seals or
memorials, or to stop other public acknowledgement of religion.
Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, who testified
before House and Senate Judiciary Subcommittees in favor of the bill,
commented: "Now that the Public Expression of Religion Act has
passed the House, we urge the Senate to move quickly to approve the bill.
There is no valid reason for the Senate to delay a vote on PERA." He
concluded, "The Public Expression of Religion Act will encourage
local government officials to stand up to those would chisel religious
symbols from our public buildings and wipe our religious heritage from
the public square."
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