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tonyt53

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1. I went to school in very rural western KY; started in 1958. No Ten Commandments in the building.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 10:15 AM
Aug 2016

We did say a blessing at lunch, but honestly I think that was just part of teaching back then. They also taught us to not lean on the table while eating and to not talk with food in our mouths. No prayers in the classroom, no talking about the Bible or religion. That teaching was reserved for our churches on Sunday. Nobody was talking about removing religion from schools or a war on Christianity. We went to church and learned about God. We went to school and learned reading, math, writing (I didn't do so well in that), and history. Evidently back then preachers talked about the word of God a lot more than they do now. Evidently back then people took their kids to church.

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