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I believe in God and am a very faithful person, so I hope I am not attacked as being otherwise ... But I do not believe that religion was the groundwork of schooling and the only thing holding it together.

I agree 100% with Logan's post:

Our children don't get religion at school, and yes, that makes me sad that they can't pray the way that we did when I was a kid, but they get it from us, which is the most important. Robyn, I'm sure that your children will get the same from you and Rob as they grow up in your home. Manners, religion, respect should not be learned from our school systems, they should be taught in our homes, starting with the parents, with reinforcement from the religious bodies that we embrace. Our children need to be educated on many beliefs, and then choose for themselves the way in which they want to live. All we can do is guide them in the direction that we believe is best.

As others have said, I believe that religion should NOT be a part of school unless every single religion is taught .. and only then as an educational tool .. not practiced regularly. Religion should be practiced at home. I believe that people should be allowed to wear crosses and other religious symbols as they please though.

Yes, our schooling and home life in general has gone way downhill, but I don't think that can be attributed to any one factor. I actually think it has a lot to do with the advancement of technology myself. Neither of my parents even had television sets when they were young. They played outside and read books. There were no Nintendos or computers to sit in front of all day long. I think the parents who sit their kids in front of a TV, computer, or Nintendo so they won't have to deal with them are the cause of the downfall.