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In reply to the discussion: Question: Did you have prayer in school? [View all]niyad
(113,860 posts)16. only when I went to catholic school(and I also went to a number of public schools in different parts
of the country, and no prayer in any of them)
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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