[Jack]

Quote by: HelioPrime One issue I always think of is the attack on anything religious in public life.

Again, philosophical opposition is not an "attack". Perhaps using fewer emotionally charged terms would facilitate civil debate.
The point is, as you say, we're talking about public life. What you do in your private life is your own business. But public life belongs to every American, White, Black, Oriental, Christian, Jew and atheist. Our public institutions either represent all Americans or they don't represent the America of the Constitution (not to mention the America I and many others have fought to defend).

Even simple matters, such as the word god in school prayer, or a footballs teams tradition to have a prayer before a game, all these are attacked as promoting religion.

It's opposed because it favors one religion over all others.

It's attacks seeking to end religion by trying to remove all traces of it from the public realm, in the hope by some non theists that children will grow up never heading of the word god or of a church because all religious ideals have been taken out of society and placed only in peoples private homes.

How is keeping religion in its proper place, the church and home, going to remove all traces of it? Why does Christianity demand predominance, why can't it accept equality with other beliefs?

Because religion needs to be taught to be spread properly, then many believers will instantly come into conflict with attempts to remove faith from the public realm.

It doesn't need to be taught in public institutions that my taxes help support. It can be taught in churches and private homes.