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Question A. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that no state or local government may require the reading of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools. What are your views on this–do you approve or disapprove of the court ruling?
Values
[1]approve[2]disapprove[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 |
| A/B | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for prayer.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | approve | disapprove | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1974 | 731 | 231 | 496 | 23 | 3 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 526 | 918 | 43 | 3 | - | 1490 |
| 1977 | - | 511 | 981 | 35 | 3 | - | 1530 |
| 1982 | - | 635 | 1161 | 60 | 4 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 631 | 904 | 60 | 4 | - | 1599 |
| 1985 | - | 659 | 824 | 47 | 4 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 740 | 270 | 442 | 11 | 7 | - | 1470 |
| 1988 | 493 | 368 | 581 | 37 | 2 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 411 | 562 | 32 | 1 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 367 | 517 | 42 | 2 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 392 | 594 | 35 | 3 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 423 | 611 | 43 | 3 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 737 | 1150 | 85 | 5 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 780 | 1099 | 79 | 2 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 794 | 988 | 85 | 4 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 688 | 1087 | 94 | 8 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 341 | 518 | 49 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 319 | 558 | 28 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 796 | 1094 | 101 | 1 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 517 | 758 | 54 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 598 | 767 | 64 | 1 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 510 | 743 | 46 | 3 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 655 | 949 | 71 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 753 | 1057 | 75 | 3 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 689 | 782 | 86 | 2 | - | 2348 |
| 2022 | 2324 | 589 | 554 | 73 | 4 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2331 | 416 | 482 | 79 | 1 | - | 3309 |
| Total | 23365 | 14606 | 21177 | 1537 | 74 | 0 | 60759 |