You're so sweet, Sis : )
I DEFINITELY consider religious ed part of school. My Mom once told me that in the early years of the US (Early Colonial/Pioneer days) the Bible was often the ONLY text available to a student - from that they learned ALL their subjects - reading, history, math, logic, what have you. I greatly admire that model (tho I do use abundant computer resources ; )
As I mentioned in a recent blog post, my Junior High spend THREE HOURS A DAY on religion - and those were by far my most academically productive years - in that those were the years in which I learned how to learn, and also learned many of the priorities I still believe in (tho of course not all - it was a different denomination than I am now)
I log our hours here. I suspect that if everyone did that, there'd be a lot less guilt feelings. I think we're hitting the 1/2 way mark for the year today (our state requires 900 hours a year). Yesterday was unusual- but we logged 10 ours! DD just wouldn't quit studying - despite multiple invitations on my part!