| Year | Pres. | House | Senate | Democrats | Republicans | |
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| 1900 | R | R | R | |||
| 1904 | R | R | R | |||
| 1908 | R | R | R | |||
| 1912 | R | D | R | |||
| 1916 | D | D | D | |||
| 1920 | D | R | R | |||
| 1924 | R | R | R | |||
| 1928 | R | R | R | |||
| 1932 | R | R | R | |||
| 1936 | D | D | D | |||
| 1940 | D | D | D | |||
| 1944 | D | D | D | |||
| 1948 | D | R | R | |||
| 1952 | D | D | D | |||
| 1954 | R | R | R | Under God added to pledge of allegience |
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| 1956 | R | D | D | |||
| 1960 | R | D | D | |||
| 1964 | D | D | D | support of a Constitutional amendment permitting those individuals and groups who choose to do so to exercise their religion freely in public places, provided religious exercises are not prepared or prescribed by the state or political subdivision thereof and no person’s participation therein is coerced, thus preserving the traditional separation of church and state | ||
| 1968 | D | D | D | |||
| 1972 | R | D | D | We reaffirm our view that voluntary prayer should be freely permitted in public places—particularly, by school children while attending public schools—providing that such prayers are not prepared or prescribed by the state or any of its political subdivisions and that no person’s participation is coerced, thus preserving the traditional separation of church and state. | ||
| 1976 | R | D | D | Local communities wishing to conduct non- sectarian prayers in their public schools should be able to do so. We favor a constitutional amendment to achieve this end. | ||
| 1980 | D | D | D | We support Republican initiatives in the Congress to restore the right of individuals to participate in voluntary, non-denominational prayer in schools and other public facilities. | ||
| 1984 | R | D | R | Mindful of our religious diversity, we reaffirm our commitment to the freedoms of religion and speech guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and firmly support the rights of students to openly practice the same, including the right to engage in voluntary prayer in schools. | ||
| 1988 | R | D | D | In defending religious freedom. Mindful of our religious diversity, we firmly support the fight of students to engage in voluntary prayer in schools. | ||
| 1992 | R | D | D | Mindful of our country’s Judeo-Christian heritage and rich religious pluralism, we support the right of students to engage in voluntary prayer in schools and the right of the community to do so at commencements or other occasions. . . We also advocate recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools as a reminder of the principles that sustain us as one Nation under God. | ||
| 1996 | D | R | R | Americans have a right to express their love of God in public, and we applaud the President’s work to ensure that children are not denied private religious expression in school. Whenever the religious rights of our children — or any American — are threatened, we will stand against it. | We encourage State legislatures to pass statutes which prohibit local school boards from adopting policies of denial regarding voluntary school prayer. | |
| 2000 | R | R | R | We will continue to work for the return of voluntary school prayer to our schools and will strongly enforce the Republican legislation that guarantees equal access to school facilities by student religious groups. We strongly support voluntary student-initiated prayer in school without governmental interference. We strongly disagree with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, backed by the current administration, against student-initiated prayer. | ||
| 2001 | R | R | D | Roy Moore installs ten commandments in capital rotunda |
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| 2004 | R | R | R | |||
| 2008 | R | D | D | Faith-based groups are not a replacement for government or secular non-profit programs; rather, they are yet another sector working to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. We will empower grassroots faith-based and community groups to help meet challenges like poverty, ex- offender reentry, and illiteracy. At the same time, we can ensure that these partnerships do not endanger First Amendment protections – because there is no conflict between supporting faith-based institutions and respecting our Constitution. | We will energetically assert the right of students to engage in voluntary prayer in schools and to have equal access to school facilities for religious purposes. | |
| 2012 | D | R | D | We pledge to respect the religious beliefs and rights of conscience of all Americans and to safeguard the independence of their institutions from government. We support the public display of the Ten Commandments as a reflection of our history and of our country’s Judeo-Christian heritage, and we affirm the right of students to engage in prayer at public school events in public schools and to have equal access to public schools and other public facilities to accommodate religious freedom in the public square. | ||
| 2016 | D | R | R | We support the public display of the Ten Commandments as a reflection of our history and our country’s Judeo-Christian heritage and further affirm the rights of religious students to engage in voluntary prayer at public school events and to have equal access to school facilities. | ||
| 2020 | R | D | R | |||
| 2024 | D | R | D | Republicans will champion the First Amendment Right to Pray and Read the Bible in school, and stand up to those who violate the Religious Freedoms of American students. |