Yes, it has. I believe events like these are what draw many of us to this thread. The very mention of Christ in public schools or prayers prior to a game are grounds for litigation. Unless we vote out these judges and politicians, the worst may very well be ahead.
Bibles taken from school children in Houston
Snip from May 2000 article: School officials were silent Tuesday about a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of three pupils, accusing the Willis school district of refusing to allow children to carry or read the Bible. The lawsuit, filed in Houston, alleges that a teacher at Lynn Lucas Middle School pulled two sisters from class after discovering that they were carrying Bibles and threatened to have them picked up by child-welfare authorities.
Another teacher told a pupil he was not allowed to read the Bible during free reading time and forced him to put it away, the lawsuit alleges. The boy also was required to remove a Ten Commandments book cover from another book, the lawsuit states.
It's all around us little jeremiah, and getting worse.
I ping articles out with news like that on the Moral Absolutes Ping list.
It seems to me that the cultural degradation and hatred towards religious expression and basic morality which is based on universal religious principles is being attacked with increasing viciousness. Even in the last month or two it seems to be getting worse.
Those of us who pray need to be praying hard.
"The very mention of Christ in public schools or prayers prior to a game are grounds for litigation."
The public education system as a whole is diametrically opposed to Christianity or any religion (aside for that which is politically correctat the moment) at this point, and the unions are the money source for the financial arm of the DNC. There are still many good Christians stuck in this system but they need to wake up and exit it imho as it is a political self perpetuating creature. We need to set up a private but national alternative Christian education system to expedite this. The parochial system (which used to function as such an independent system to some degree) is for the most part in alliance with the public system and is compromised beyond repair. Here's a good book for an eyeopener on the underground history of american education:
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm