Describe how sport and play became free of religious restrictions in America.

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Americans continued to become more comfortable with the human body throughout the twentieth century. One consequence of this was that sport and playful activities, which were associated with the body, were seen as increasingly acceptable. Religion came to be seen as more of a personal guide than a public one and was no longer used as a reason for participating, or not participating, in public activities. Consequently, sport and play, for better or worse, became increasingly free of religious restrictions. By the mid-1900s, religion and sport were rarely associated in conversation in America. Religion was related to the spiritual aspects of a person; sport was related to the physical aspects of a person.

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