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Sounds like the Church hasnt fully relinquished its hold.
Are they within their rights here or should be told where to go?
Link to BBC news story
Sounds like the Church hasnt fully relinquished its hold.
Are they within their rights here or should be told where to go?
Sovereignty is Democracy
Religious denominations own most schools and that's reflected in the ethos of the school.
Teachers don't necessarily have to believe in the ethos of a school. However they may not undermine it.
I was under the impression that theory these days held that ethos was something negotiated between patrons, parents and staff of schools.
Seems like a fair question.'What is a Catholic school and specifically what is a Catholic school in Northern Ireland in this age of secularisation and need for reconciliation'?
I'm not of the opinion that teachers need to spend a day in the school year debating it though.
They are well within their rights.Originally Posted by MacCoise
Perhaps you should be told where to go!
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
Religion should have no place in the classroom, the teaching of religion should be left to parents and community religious groups.
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100% agree. So when do you think it will become FF policy?
My dogma was run over by my karma. Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03
Parents have the right to have their children educated as they so wish, that right extends to allowing them send their children to a school that reflects their religious ethos and values. In this country the state subsidises education for all, ergo some schools will have religion in the classroom. Any move against this is an attack on the religious freedom and the basic rights of our citizens.
It's also the right of parents to send their child to a school with a particular religious ethos but not have their child follow religious education/instruction in the school.Parents have the right to have their children educated as they so wish, that right extends to allowing them send their children to a school that reflects their religious ethos and values. In this country the state subsidises education for all, ergo some schools will have religion in the classroom. Any move against this is an attack on the religious freedom and the basic rights of our citizens.
Instilling a particular religious belief in four-year old children for practically all of their primary and secondary education by religious schools is not a matter of religious freedom, it is an abuse of power that the Church gained as it was given de facto authority to educate the Irish people in previous decades. Schools are for learning , not instilling religious belief.In this country the state subsidises education for all, ergo some schools will have religion in the classroom. Any move against this is an attack on the religious freedom and the basic rights of our citizens.
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First off a four-year old child doesn’t decide to attend a particular school, their parents do, it's their choice. Secondly as dealmachtigeier mentioned they have the right to insist their child opt out of a particular non-core area.Instilling a particular religious belief in four-year old children for practically all of their primary and secondary education by religious schools is not a matter of religious freedom, it is an abuse of power that the Church gained as it was given de facto authority to educate the Irish people in previous decades. Schools are for learning , not instilling religious belief.In this country the state subsidises education for all, ergo some schools will have religion in the classroom. Any move against this is an attack on the religious freedom and the basic rights of our citizens.
Again I agree, but the taxpayer should not be asked to subsidise it. There should be no taxpayer funding for schools with a sectariarn ethos.Parents have the right to have their children educated as they so wish, that right extends to allowing them send their children to a school that reflects their religious ethos and values. In this country the state subsidises education for all, ergo some schools will have religion in the classroom. Any move against this is an attack on the religious freedom and the basic rights of our citizens.
My dogma was run over by my karma. Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03
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