<P> From 1871 to 1989, observance of school prayer had declined . </P> <P> With the unfavorable court decision, the requirement for Christian morning exercises was replaced with the following clauses found in the School Act (1996) in British Columbia . </P> <P> 76 (1) All schools and Provincial schools must be conducted on strictly secular and nonsectarian principles . </P> <P> (2) The highest morality must be inculcated, but no religious dogma or creed is to be--taught in a school or Provincial school . </P>

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