00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25                                                                                        
01 Relating to voluntary school prayer.                                                                                    
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
03  WHEREAS religious freedom is a fundamental constitutional right enshrined by our                                     
04 founders in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; and                                                  
05  WHEREAS a vast majority of Americans of all political parties favor a constitutional                                 
06 amendment that will allow voluntary prayer in public schools; and                                                       
07  WHEREAS the First Amendment has been eroded to a point where more protection                                         
08 is afforded government institutions than citizens, a reversal of the original intent; and                               
09  WHEREAS our government has a constitutional obligation to protect religious                                          
10 freedom and, in light of the assault on traditional moral values, the government needs to                               
11 ensure that freedom without fear of hostility to open and public prayer;                                                
12  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States Congress                                    
13 to adopt House Joint Resolution 7 or Senate Joint Resolution 1, proposed amendments to the                              
14 Constitution of the United States, relating to voluntary school prayer.                                                 

01  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the                                         
02 Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                             
03 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.