Religion in Public Schools

Are you religious? Do you have children? What kind of environment would you like your child in while he/she is in school? A century ago, most of America's public schools were religious schools. Over time the state has redesigned schools in order to make schools for all children and not alienate any students. The Supreme Court then accelerated the movement in 1962 when it declared that prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. Then one year later the court removed all bible reading from public school because it is a religious exercise(-------). There is no clear line between what instructors are aloud to teach in school and what they are not aloud to teach, so many laws have been written and changed. In 1995 35 agencies representing 10 religions and ethical systems wrote "Religion in Public Schools" which was a joint statement of current laws stating that religions aloud to be taught in public schools, but only if it is serving an educational......

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