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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., discusses the recent Supreme Court decision on property rights during a news conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, June 30, 2005. Left to right are Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., DeLay and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex.

House Republicans gather at a news conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, June 30, 2005, to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision on property rights. Left to right are House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif.

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu el-Gheit, right, meets with US Liz Cheney, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday June 30, 2005

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Over 100 Congressmen Introduce Amendment that Would Protect Religious Expression on Public Property

Melanie Hunter / Aimee Herd reporting (Jun 30, 2005) Breaking Christian News

CNS News is reporting that more than 100 members of congress have joined together in an effort to introduce a constitutional amendment protecting religious expression on public property. The amendment would essentially reverse the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Ten Commandments, which resulted in the removal of the Decalogue from a Kentucky courthouse.

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland stated,

"Deeply religious European colonists escaped the two tyrannies of the crown and the church and came to America. Our founders created a country and a Constitution that protected the ability of individuals to freely express their respective religions in public life. They had no fear of religion in the public square. They felt that religious faith was vitally important to create and maintain our democratic republic as a just society. What they opposed was a state religion. The latest pair of Supreme Court decisions adds to decades of confusion about what seems so simple to most Americans."

Emphases mine.