The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 24, 1985, Page Page 4, Image 4
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JOSEPH GARNETT'The Gamecock
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State legislators
S.C. Senate considers
voluntary school prayer
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\ S.( . Senate bill allowing public school teachers to open
be school day with prayei is being considered by the ednca
ion committee and has a good chance of passing, according to
>en. Joe W ilson. R I CMiigton.
I lie bill, which is "to permit teachers in ;tll grades in public
idiools to announce that ?t petiod ol silence must be observed
or meditation 01 \oluntai\ piayei ;it the commencement of
he school day," conlorms to Supreme < ourt rulings. Wilson
aid.
The prayer will be purely voluntary. "They don't have to
Participate," he said. "It's less than what I lived through in
chool."
According to Sen. Alex Macaulay, D-Oconcc, the bill isn't
is dangerous as some may think. *'Everybody thinks that it is
rstablishing a religion, but they haven't been able to tell me
vhich one," he said.
However, the ComuumilN Relations Council of the Columbia
United Jewish Wei I are lederation has sent an alert to
ncmhcrs o! the Jewish communitv askiuu their suppoit in opiosiiiu
thvp hill.
I he alert claims oi^ani/ed prayer is unconstitutional and
liscrimiuatorv and that it violates separation ol church and
tate.
"I fully uiulerstand their point ol view," Wilson said.
Shealy supports lottery
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Sen. K\an Shcal\. K-l e\ington, says a state lottery is the
test option to raising property taxes to generate new state
eveime loi indigent health care.
A stale run lotterx could raise up to SKO million a year, lie
old the Richland Sertoma Club on Monday.
Shealy has authored two lottery bills in the Senate this term.
)ne proposes an organizational structure lor running a lot crs,
and I he second calls for a referendum to permit a change
n the state constitution.
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Both bills arc in Senate committees, and Shealy said he
doesn't really expect them to get favorable action before the
(iencral Assembly adjourns in June.
"Three-fourths of the senators would like to have u but are
airam to vote 101 n, Mieaiv sum. acKiiowieiigmg trial ll\c
liaplisi ('ourier lias organized a si rong loner -writing campaign
against his proposals.
lie saul lotteries have heen aroniul since the time ol lonali
and thai government ollicials Ironi ( aesat lo Ihomas lei leison
used them lo taise niones. lotteries weio used in this
country until the Civil War, when ihey were outlawed because
ol corruption and alack ol govoi ninent regulation, he added.
"So il it's a sin. I don't know when n became a sin." he
said
Seventeen stales have lotteries, and voteis in loui more
recently approved them. Opinion polls lui\e shown that about
SO percent of the people approve ot them, ami more than 60
percent participate in them, SheaK said.
"I'eople really want to play 'em." he said.
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Legislator pay laiuea #
By Associated Press
A 25 percent pa\ raise approved by (he House of Representatives
would put South C arolina lawmakers among the top 20
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Hut researchers warn tliai salaries alone don't always paint a
true picture ol the compensation legislators receive because
states use so many other types of compensation, from unvoucheted
expense accounts to private secretaries.
I lie House earlier tins mouth voted itself and members of
the Senate a raise from $l().(KK)a year to SI2.5CX). The increase
could run into trouble in the Senate, where it's sure to spark
(lilt itlc 11 lAi 'ntiiitii) hiuliii'l
1 en stales don't pay annual salaries, substituting a daily pay
rate while the legislature is in session. Of the 40 others, Alaska
pays the highest at $46,800 and New Hampshire the lowest at
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mil i id11> wui.iDiis vai lino nyuring annual compensation,
lor example, inosi South Carolina lawmakers share the work
clone by secretaries, while some states provide individual
secretaries.
South Carolina lawmakers receive $68 for living expenses
for each day the General Assembly is in session, but legislators
in some other states receive daily expenses year round.
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Classes is now available.
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now to enroll in
Summer School.
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