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Archive Home > 2011 > December > 31 > New battles over the place of religion in public schools

New battles over the place of religion in public schools

By Erik Eckholm / The Bulletin
December 31, 2011

JEFFERSON, S.C. — It has been nearly 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled that official sponsored prayer in public schools violated the separation of church and state.

But in some corners of the country, especially in the rural South, open prayer and Christian symbols have never really....

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