Anyone here old enough to recall “religious education classes” in NY State schools in the late 1940’s? I don’t believe there was one word of objection and in small farming communities it wasn’t a big deal. It was accepted curriculum and didn’t hurt a thing. The Catholic kids met with a priest one period on Fridays and the Protestant kids met with a layperson at the same time. That was it - you were either Protestant or Catholic and no one marched on the school to protest. I don’t remember it occurring in high school - only elementary and Jr. High...
We got to go to religion classes after school in the 960s and 70s. I think there was even a bus.
I do remember repeating the Lord’s Prayer during daily announcements over the intercom in first grade, maybe 2nd, too...I seem to remember noticing when it stopped, but I wasn’t sure why at the time.