Senate Education Committee Chairman Ken Pruitt said he doesn't want to see that happen. Sen. Jim Sebesta, a St. Petersburg Republican, said the Senate is unlikely to take up such a controversial bill this late, particularly when it hadn't passed any Senate committees. Those who support the measure say it protects students' free speech rights. He can call anyone what he wants, and it's free speech. House opponents of the bill had tried and failed last week to substitute an amendment that would have affirmed students' rights to pray individually or in groups in school areas such as the cafeteria, but not before a school assembly.
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