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phylny

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4. Thom, I heard this yesterday and was tempted to call in,

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 10:53 AM

May 2016

but figured I'd never get through! I grew up in the 60s, and we never prayed in school. Perhaps this is because I grew up on Long Island, with a mixture of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish classmates, but there was no bowing of the head to pray. We did have a moment of silence by the time I was in high school, but we were never encouraged to pray to any deity.

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Caller Mary: Kids Are Bad Because We Don't #Pray In #Schools! [View all] thomhartmann May 2016 OP

Mary, just trust in God. Downwinder May 2016 #1

Oh Mary! The Ku Klux Klan prays too! And has a dress code! muntrv May 2016 #2

We first wave Baby Boomers were the last generation who did school prayer sarge43 May 2016 #3

Thom, I heard this yesterday and was tempted to call in, phylny May 2016 #4

When she called, I thought I'd been transported to back to the 1950s appalachiablue May 2016 #5

Prayer was never taken out of school. FORCED prayer was. bjobotts May 2016 #6

nnnot Quakers MisterP May 2016 #7