House Bill hb9045

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HR 9045

        By Representative Baxley






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution acknowledging May 3, 2001, as the

  3         National Day of Prayer in Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has passed a

  6  law proclaiming the first Thursday of each May as the

  7  "National Day of Prayer," and

  8         WHEREAS, May 3 is the first Thursday in May of 2001,

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10         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the House

11  of Representatives acknowledge May 3, 2001, as the National

12  Day of Prayer in Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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14  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

15  Florida:

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17         That the House of Representatives joyfully acknowledges

18  May 3, 2001, as the National Day of Prayer in Florida and

19  joins Floridians of all faiths in celebrating this occasion.

20         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we express our faith with

21  gladness, knowing that we are protected in our ability to

22  worship devoutly, and that we be thankful and enjoy and

23  exercise our religious beliefs, secure in the knowledge that

24  in this great country we shall always be free to do so.

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