Education

Many Americans favor prayer in public schools, but few think it should be mandatory

By Pew Research Center••Original source

Americans are almost equally split on whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in public school classrooms. But Republicans, White evangelicals and older Americans are more supportive than other groups.

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