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To: i-node who wrote (197932)	8/17/2004 4:25:41 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573941

Did you never have a 9th grade American History course, Is that relevant to the discussion? Under Texas rules the 9th grade course was specific to Texas history and Texas government. In American history I learned that that the Puritains and others who immigrated primarily for religious reasons had little influence with the Continental Congress. members.tripod.com <font color=green>the issue of prayer was only brought up once during the entire Convention. On June 28, 1787 Benjamin Franklin proposed that the day be started with prayer. There was a short debate concerning the matter, and the members voiced many apprehensions: the late date for starting such a practice, the image it might project, the fact that the most predominate sect in Pennsylvania was the Quakers, and their practices were "different" from other sects, it might give forth the image that the convention was in trouble, the convention had no funds to pay anyone to conduct such services, etc. The members of the convention did not vote on Franklin's proposal that day, the matter was dropped and never mentioned again. None of the sessions of the Convention were started with prayer. Therefore any references to prayers starting the day at the Constitutional Convention are false, and this includes any references to taking formal days off to attend church as a group, etc. Individual members may have attended church regularly or at various times during the convention, but it was not as part of any type of formal meetings.) </font>