[P-Marlowe]

School prayer and bible readings were mandatory in many school districts before the high court's ruling. Read it. It specifically strikes down mandatory school prayer.

Wrong. Anyone opposed to the practice was allowed to be excused from the class. Read it. The school accommodated Mrs. O'Hait's child. She wasn't satisfied.

Also, there was a 1948 Pennsylvania law that mandated reciting bible verses in public schools.

And most schools up until the beginning of the 20th Century used the King James Bible as a standard English Textbook. So what? I was required to read Sidhartha in High School. If ever there was an apologetic propaganda piece for Buddhism it was Sidhartha. So what? I got the Cliff notes and aced the class.

[Lunatic Fringe]

The school accommodated Mrs. O'Hair's child. She wasn't satisfied.

You are incredibly ignorant of this case.

Not only did the school refuse to accomodate William Murray's request to be excused from compulsory school prayer, he was LOCKED into the classroom by the principal when he tried to leave.

And most schools up until the beginning of the 20th Century used the King James Bible as a standard English Textbook. So what?

Again, tradition does not make something constitutional. Most trains up until the beginning of the 20th century were segregated by race.

[stands2reason]

Are you talking about Siddharta Gautama? THAT Siddharta????
That's the Buddha himself.