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A visit from the Church Lady

Back in the 1960s, the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional for public schools to sponsor organized prayer and bible readings, but today there are still groups who say religious lessons belong in public school programs.

September 25, 2015

A visit from the Church Lady
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Back in the 1960s, the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional for public schools to sponsor organized prayer and bible readings because of the founding principle of separating church and state. But today there are still groups who say religious lessons belong in public school programs. This week: a story that originally came from Trey Kay, host of Us and Them, a podcast from West Virginia Public Broadcasting about America’s cultural divisions.

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