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Watered-Down Prayer
Resolution Passes

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coalition of religious faiths,
organized by the Lansing-
based Michigan Jewish
Conference, is claiming
victory with a watered-down ver-
sion of a state resolution on
school prayer.
The Michigan Senate recent-
ly passed a resolution asking the
U.S. Congress to "strongly sup-
port voluntary individual, unor-
ganized and non-mandatory
prayer in the public schools of
this nation."
In its original language, the
resolution asked Congress to
"pass and submit to the state leg-
islatures an amendment to the
United States Constitution to al-
low prayer in our schools."
The coalition, made up of rep-
resentatives from organizations
and religions including the Sev-
enth Day Adventist Church, the
Michigan Ecumenical Forum,
Lutheran Social Services and the
American Civil Liberties Union,
gave testimony before the Sen-
ate Government Operations
Committee in an attempt to de-
feat the original measure intro-
duced by Sen. Philip Hoffman, a
Jackson-area Republican.
"This is an enormous victory
for us because we're dealing with
a conservative legislature that
agreed to a resolution which is
no different than what we have
now," said Cindy Hughey, the di-
rector of the Michigan Jewish

Conference. "Today, anyone who
wants to, can pray, which is what
this resolution says."
Ms. Hughey attributes the vic-
tory to the efforts put forth by the
coalition, a group of mainstream
religious faiths. "We explained to
the (members of the) Legislature
that they're under a misunder-
standing if they think every faith
and denomination favors orga-
nized school prayer," she said.
Sen. Hoffman introduced the
legislation late in last year's ses-
sion, but the Senate Government
Operations Committee tabled a
vote and the resolution died in
committee.
A spokesperson from Sen.
Hoffman's office said the senator
agreed to the watered-down ver-
sion because he believes it still
accomplishes his goal of sending
a message to Congress in support
of school prayer.
The Rev. Steven Johns-
Boehme, the director of the Lans-
ing-based Michigan Ecumenical
Forum, sees the coalition's efforts
as a minor victory because al-
though the government isn't pro-
scribing school-sponsored prayer,
it's not addressing what law-
makers believe prayer will do.
"Behind the issues, there is the
unspoken assumption prayer will
solve our social ills," he said. "Ad-
dressing those ills means hard-
er solutions and an allocation of
more money." ❑

Children Express
Their Sorrow

DAVID ZEMAN STAFF WRITER

W

ith a hopeful spirit, un-

steady spelling, and
heartfelt expressions of
peace, a classroom of 8-
year-olds at Temple Israel sent
cards of condolence to the fami-
ly of Yitzhak Rabin.
"Dear Rabins: I'm in great
grief, all of us are," Brett deMar-
rais wrote on bright green con-
struction paper.
"But his soul will never die,"
the boy added. "I think he was a
hero for what he tried to do ... We
shall always remember him as a
stupendes person. He will go
down in history."
Beside the words, Brett
sketched bold drawings of the
Torah and the Israeli flag.
The card was one of 27 crafted

this past week by the third-grade
Sunday school class of Missy
Laslie. Stars of David and bright
red hearts adorned many of the
notes. One girl used a black mark-
er to draw a heart cracked in two.
"I am sure it was sad for you,"
wrote Ilana Brooks. "I know how
you feel because my friend's
Grandma died from cancer."
The cards were designed to
help the young students under-
stand and cope with Mr. Rabin's
death. They moved the teacher to
tears.
"The feelings they had were
feelings I had had, but I couldn't
put them in such language," Ms.
Laslie said. "It blew me away."
Some students took note of the
Israeli leader's legacy.

