Hmm. Sounds like Christianity wasn’t that important to the Carters. Maybe they did choose to have the atheist hymn sung.
Christians came to see Carter as an unpleasant Christian and Reagan as a man who lived and was guided by his Christian faith.
“””Maybe they did choose to have the atheist hymn sung.”””
I think that is certain, and it is part of the mystifying hidden undercurrent to that political couple’s incredibly public religiosity.