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public school teachers to read a full chapter from the King James Bible at the start of every school day. Catholic kids in school did not like it, but I did not know that until 6th grade graduation, when the teacher picked me to read a Psalm for the opening of graduation ceremonies.

I practiced reading aloud for several days before graduation day because I knew I'd feel nervous in front of the two graduating classes and all the parents. I practiced in our back yard, away from my siblings.

My best friend dropped by and I asked her to listen and tell me if I was doing OK. She refused because it was a Protestant Bible. Until then, I did not know that Catholics and Protestants had different Bibles. I had a lot of Catholic neighbors and classmates, but it had not come up before then, at least not in front of me.

About 2 years later the SC ruled against the practice. The pastor of our Lutheran church gave a sermon in support of the ruling, explaining that the only way to ensure freedom of religion is to maintain the separation of church and state.