PRINTER'S NO. 1352
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
292
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, THOMAS, CALTAGIRONE, QUIGLEY, DiGIROLAMO,
MILLARD, CAUSER, BLOOM, MAJOR, PICKETT, HENNESSEY, D. COSTA,
KIRKLAND, LONGIETTI, FARINA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, CUTLER,
A. HARRIS, V. BROWN, READSHAW, HARHART, KAUFFMAN, WARD,
McGINNIS, GODSHALL, MAHONEY, BARRAR, JAMES, GIBBONS, PAYNE,
MENTZER, WATSON, WHEELAND, GINGRICH, B. MILLER, BENNINGHOFF,
GILLEN, MURT AND GABLER, APRIL 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 27, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of May 3 through 9, 2015, as "American
Religious History Week" in Pennsylvania.
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 the Federal Government
since the founding of our country; 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
in the reading of four chapters of the Bible; and
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