1. What is a state Resolution? Be specific. How does it differ from legislation?

2. What did Tennessee's House Joint Resolution 803 call on the people of Tennessee to do? - What was the purpose of Tennessee's House Joint Resolution 803?

3. How did State Rep Monty Fritts explain his reason for writing the resolution?

4. What did Rep Fritts emphasize was NOT the purpose of the resolution?

5. List the crisis plaguing the state and the nation the resolution aimed to address.

6. Read the "Background" below the questions. Then read the Tennessee House Joint Resolution 803 in its entirety. What do you think of the Tennessee legislators' attempts to call for prayer on these very serious problems in society?