Religion and schools: a query

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Aug 27 10:00:43 PDT 1999


Carrol Cox wrote:


>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



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