PRINTER'S NO. 3549
No. 317 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, COLAIZZO, GERLACH, PESCI, VANCE, TIGUE,
HAYES, COY, HASAY, BATTISTO, PHILLIPS, ARMSTRONG, CARLSON,
HESS, ANGSTADT, FAIRCHILD, VROON, FARGO, KOSINSKI, TELEK,
BILLOW, NOYE, LaGROTTA, LEH, TOMLINSON, WILLIAMS, OLASZ,
TRELLO, E. Z. TAYLOR, McCALL, FOSTER, LAWLESS, WOZNIAK,
S. H. SMITH, CAPPABIANCA, DEMPSEY, GODSHALL, BELARDI, NAILOR,
BIRMELIN, BROWN, GAMBLE, GEIST, HERMAN, DeLUCA, D. W. SNYDER,
BARLEY, ARGALL, STABACK, GLADECK, JOHNSON, CORRIGAN, NYCE,
HALUSKA, COLAFELLA, KING, PETRARCA, CLARK AND FAJT,
MAY 6, 1992
ADOPTED, MAY 6, 1992
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the Commonwealth's support of our "National Day of
2 Prayer" on May 7, 1992.
3 WHEREAS, The Pledge of Allegiance to our flag describes us as
4 "one Nation, under God ..."; and
5 WHEREAS, Our coins proudly proclaim "In God We Trust"; and
6 WHEREAS, Our forefathers unashamedly acknowledged their
7 dependency upon a "Supreme Creator"; and
8 WHEREAS, History has recorded Benjamin Franklin's request for
9 "Divine Guidance" over the deliberations of the Constitutional
10 Convention in Philadelphia; and
11 WHEREAS, The Congress of these United States and the
12 Pennsylvania General Assembly continue that tradition of
13 beginning all sessions with a prayer and the Pledge of
14 Allegiance; and
1 WHEREAS, May 7, 1992, has been designated as a "National Day
2 of Prayer"; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lend its
4 support to this call for direction and unity in prayer; and be
5 it further
6 RESOLVED, That this prayer for a moral rebirth throughout our
7 Nation be expressed from 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. on Thursday,
8 May 7, 1992.
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