Word: equal
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...silent prayer" by students. Since such prayer cannot be constitutionally banned, or even detected in many cases, the legislation changes nothing. But it allowed Democrats to claim, accurately, that they had voted for prayer in schools. "The public doesn't care about the nuances of what type of equal access or school prayer we voted for," contends Democratic Congressman Tony Coelho of California. "On any issue, it's important to take the sting...
Across town another man might vicariously fulfill himself by stepping into Clark Gable's shoe prints on a Hollywood sidewalk, another woman might prove herself Lana Turner's equal in some way on the same boulevard. But these souls in the Coliseum had more action in their dreams: they had beaten the wind in the arena of the swift. Having achieved that, they would step back into the throng and go about their jobs...
...balanced federal budget, a measure allowing spouses working as homemakers to open tax-free individual retirement accounts, tax incentives for the construction of factories in inner-city "enterprise zones," and tuition tax credits for low-and middle-income parents of private-school students. There was also the so-called equal-access bill, which was passed by the Senate in June. It would permit religious groups to meet in public high schools before and after classes. Reagan quickly got his wish on that measure: the next day the House approved it overwhelmingly...
...called equal-access measure, already passed by the Senate, goes to President Reagan, who is expected to sign it even though he considers the $1 billion grant for math and science training to which it is attached to be too costly. Some observers think the legislation may foster a proliferation of offbeat religious and political meetings on school premises. The bill was drafted in response to federal district court rulings forbidding all student religious gatherings, in cases involving schools in Lubbock, Texas, and Guilderland, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review those decisions...
Legislators hoped the equal-access vote would end the politicking over school prayer. But the next day, House Democrats had to rally to defeat a surprise Republican amendment to cut off federal funds to schools that bar spoken prayer "by individuals on a voluntary basis." The House then overwhelmingly approved another amendment stating that students should not be denied "the opportunity to participate in moments of silent prayer...