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prayer in public schools  

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  • Until the 1950s, prayer was routinely offered in public schools across the nation and generally supported by the courts. This reflected the quest for religious freedom that was part of American history and the religious, mostly Protestant, influences that were common from colonial times to the mid-20th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Prayer in Public Schools]

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