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happy announcement, one I make with a great deal of satis-
faction.
After about two days of hearings extending over
some days and after at least a good day of debate and
discussion, this Committee adopted by a vote of 16 to
1 the following language, subject to some perhaps polishing
up, to recommend to this Convention at a later time to
replace the language of 103 with the following language:
"No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
This is the Committee's opinion as to what
the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is.
I make this announcement for two reasons. There has been
a great deal of interest by a great many Delegates. I
think in view of the debate as carried on today, it is rathe
significant that this very highly inflammable subject was
enacted by this Committee in a vote of 16 to 1. We had
hoped to go for due process this afternoon, but obviously
we are not going to do that. In fact, if we tried to re-
assemble before 7:30, I am sure nobody would come.
We will reassemble at 9:30 to consider the Preamble and |
