Reply #142: I agree that Texas children are not "dumb". Some of our voters sure act dumb, though.

[McCamy Taylor]

If the voters paid more attention, a bunch of Republicans would not think that the way to advance their political career in the state is to tear down the separation between Church and State.

And actually, our public school system in Texas is becoming increasingly saturated with religion. Not free religion. Peer enforced "you had better attend Bible study and pray in the cafeteria or we will kick your ass" religion. This occurs mostly in small towns and the suburbs, so you may not hear about it if you are from urban Texas. The urban South is completely unlike the rural and suburban South.

I don't think that the South ever totally got away from teaching Christianity in the schools. My second grade teacher used to make us say the Lord's Prayer and listen to Bible verses. I knew that my folks were aetheists. It was surreal. In the 6th grade, some guy tried to pass out New Testements in class. Only two people refused them, the Jewish girl, who said "God wrote the Old Testament, man wrote the New" and me. I said "I am not taking one, because you aren't supposed to be here. We have separation of Church and State in this country" (pretty much my exact words).

Maybe it was the same in other parts of the country? I don't remember so much preaching when I was in California.