11.   Cochran said a constitutional amendment allowing school prayer would likely be a GOP agenda item in the Senate, as it is in the House.

12.   Cornyn and Bush, along with the school district, want prayer allowed in both places.

13.   He said a Washington state school did not allow a prayer at its graduation ceremonies, because seven students objected.

14.   He opposes legal abortion and favors a constitutional amendment allowing school prayer.

15.   His call for a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in schools was a divisive blunder.

16.   In addition to allowing organized prayer in school, the measure would have allowed religious symbols on public property, such as a creche at a courthouse.

17.   In addition, he voiced doubt that a constitutional amendment allowing organized prayer in schools could pass.

18.   In the House bill, schools that would have refused to allow prayer would have been barred from taking part in these programs.

19.   Instead, he spoke calmly and passionately, agreeing with Bauer about the need to allow prayer in the schools.

20.   It calls for restrictions on abortion and pornography, as well as a constitutional amendment allowing prayer at public events, such as high school graduation ceremonies.