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“One wise commentator wisely said that religion cannot be forced, it must be found. The very act of prayer may be trivialized by requiring it of the believers and nonbelievers alike, obliged to listen to rote recitations of preapproved benedictions and invocations.”

—Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, explaining why he vetoed a bill that would have permitted voluntary student prayer at graduations and other school events.