PRINTER'S NO. 3073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
774
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, HENNESSEY, BENNINGHOFF, WARD, GREINER,
KIRKLAND, WHEELAND, THOMAS, VEREB, MURT, MILLARD, SACCONE,
D. COSTA, ENGLISH, BARRAR, PICKETT, KAVULICH, STAATS,
HEFFLEY, CAUSER, DUSH, SONNEY, BIZZARRO, MARSICO, DiGIROLAMO,
PASHINSKI, NEILSON, RAPP, ZIMMERMAN, READSHAW, GROVE, ROSS,
GINGRICH, PAYNE, MILNE, MAJOR, DeLUCA AND FARINA,
APRIL 5, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 5, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of May 2 through 8, 2016, as "American
Religious History Week" in Pennsylvania to recognize the
impact of religious beliefs on America's history.
WHEREAS, Religious faith was not only important in official
American life during the periods of discovery, exploration,
colonization and growth, but has also been acknowledged and
incorporated into all three branches of American Federal
Government from their very beginning; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed this
self-evident fact in a unanimous ruling declaring "This is a
religious people ... From the discovery of this continent to the
present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation";
and
WHEREAS, The first act of America's first Congress in 1774
was to ask a minister to open with prayer and to lead Congress
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