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85% believe that having religion in public schools would improve student morality, decrease school shootings
52% say it's acceptable for school staff to give advice based on their religious beliefs; 66% say it's acceptable to have school-led prayer
The majority of proponents identify as religious Christians
Of those who find it acceptable to integrate religious instruction into public schools, many believe that this will lead to a decrease in school violence (73%), bullying (71%), substance abuse (67%), sexual experimentation (59%), and gender dysphoria (55%).
Additionally, the vast majority say doing so would improve student morality (85%), mental health (82%), and work ethic (75%).
news.gallup.com
Gallup asked people whether they favored or opposed allowing displays of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Seventy-four percent favored such displays; only 24% opposed them.
"Can you imagine trying to talk six hundred people into helping you drag a fifty-ton stone eighteen miles across the countryside and muscle it into an upright position, and then saying, 'Right, lads! Another twenty like that, plus some lintels and maybe a couple of dozen nice bluestones from Wales, and we can party!' Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator, I'll tell you that."
Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island