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In reply to the discussion: Question: Did you have prayer in school? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)27. Not that I recall. Just the Pledge of Allegiance (with "under God" in it). In those days....
the evangelicals were considered "others," extremists, and were generally regarded as odd, the ones in traveling tents, the Pentacostals, other extremists. People were regular Sunday-go-to-church religious. They didn't talk about it a lot. So I think praying in school wouldn't have occurred to anyone or been desired, since it was school, not church.
But references to God were normal and fine to everyone (like "under God" in the Pledge). Nativity scenes at school at Christmas were considered fine. Things like that.
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It was outlawed in my state in 1963, just a few months before I entered school.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#1
if I remember correctly, bob hope made a comment about the 1963 decision, saying, "now the
niyad
Dec 2012
#22
Me too but as a Catholic I did not recite "for thine is the kingdom..etc.". What a joke..LOL..n/t
monmouth3
Dec 2012
#26
I was just thinking the same thing. I remember thinking we were hot shits because we got
Laura PourMeADrink
Dec 2012
#88
Some of us were released for a few hours (Wednesday afternoon I recall) from public school
PoliticAverse
Dec 2012
#8
Hell no. I was in elementary school in the 80's. Do these idiots realize prayer in school was two
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#9
I didn't go to Catholic school, but I saw through the incredible bullshit at a very
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#32
In the 50's we all had to get up and read a passage from the bible everyday. It would
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#14
only when I went to catholic school(and I also went to a number of public schools in different parts
niyad
Dec 2012
#16
Ooooh, I will be looking for the Boston Crusaders. Please congrat him for me. That's awesome..n/t
monmouth3
Dec 2012
#30
Not that I recall. Just the Pledge of Allegiance (with "under God" in it). In those days....
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#27
Ohhh I remember many of those. I grew up not far from a munitions plant and DOD. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#44
Yes, in a Catholic grade school. But not after I transfered to public school. nt
Speck Tater
Dec 2012
#38
Yep, I remember the day exactly when "under God" was added and our homeroom teacher having
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#49
I dont care who says it, its offensive. It is offensive to blame this on church state separation
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#58
I asked my wife; "why does the press treat this shit like it's some serious opinion worth airtime?"
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#87
I remember my Junior High choir teacher starting each class with a moment of silence
OriginalGeek
Dec 2012
#46
As long as they continue to have tests and homework there will be prayer in school n/t
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#47
No, and I attended public schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin before the 1962 Supreme Court decision
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#50
Yes in elementary school I remember saying the pledge and a morning prayer. Also
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#55
In first and second grade, when I went to Catholic school, yes. Otherwise, no. (n/t)
richmwill
Dec 2012
#65
We didn't pray and we didn't pledge. We'd just been through WWII. We didn't have to prove anything
jzola
Dec 2012
#77
K-2: public school for military dependents in Japan (1962-65)- nope, no prayer.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#80
In first grade in a small village near Baraboo, Wisconsin no prayer - 1960 About 120 population
LiberalFighter
Dec 2012
#81
We had a Christian Alliance club at my school but outside of that nobody gave a shit.
Initech
Dec 2012
#109
We had prayer in school. I remember how I squirmed in high school homeroom at the time for
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#110