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Freedom of Worship

Date: July 12, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Religion


FREEDOM OF WORSHIP -- (House of Representatives - July 12, 2005)

(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it was my great pleasure to attend services earlier this month at Arlington First Baptist Church in Jonesville, North Carolina, at the invitation of Pastor Jerry Fugate and my dear friends Ray and Betty Shore.

Area elected officials were invited to worship that day and to celebrate our country's independence. On the front of the bulletin was Romans 13:4: ``For government is God's servant for good.''

On the back of the bulletin was this message: ``The first part of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says, `Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' Yet today we see a constant barrage of individuals and organizations who prattle on and on about the separation of church and State, a concept nowhere to be found in the Constitution or its amendments.''

I thank Pastor Fugate for the focus on the first amendment of the Constitution. I urge other churches to do all they can to help our citizens know what our Constitution says so they can be protected by it and help preserve it.

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