Dan Mellis
Thorsredballs
Hi. First post here (hooray for me).
I have a bee in my bonnet about this.
In the UK, we have government - funded chos which are allowed to select a proportion of their pupils purely on the basis of their faith.
In their studies, they are allowed (and do) teach things like "homosexuality isnt a sin, but practicing it is," and "women on their period should be avoided."
We don't have a seperation of church and state here - in fact, we have 26 seats reserved for bishops to vote in our parliament. But, because we're a largely irreligious country, theres a certain amount of apathy surrounding these matters. Nobody takes either church or state seriously - so its hard to make any sort of change.
What are your views on the faith school system? Are there similar systems in the US and Europe?
I have a bee in my bonnet about this.
In the UK, we have government - funded chos which are allowed to select a proportion of their pupils purely on the basis of their faith.
In their studies, they are allowed (and do) teach things like "homosexuality isnt a sin, but practicing it is," and "women on their period should be avoided."
We don't have a seperation of church and state here - in fact, we have 26 seats reserved for bishops to vote in our parliament. But, because we're a largely irreligious country, theres a certain amount of apathy surrounding these matters. Nobody takes either church or state seriously - so its hard to make any sort of change.
What are your views on the faith school system? Are there similar systems in the US and Europe?