>I have a query. What is the evidence that schools *used* to
>teach religion and no longer do? From 1935-1947 I attended
>first a rural grade school, then a small town high school. I
>received no "religious" instruction, I never experienced school
>prayer or a moment of silence, and no one ever challenged
>the correctness of evolution.
In my public elementary school in New Joisey, we had a recitation of the Lord's prayer and a bible-reading every morning, from kindergarten until the day the Supreme Court said no more.
Doug