Someone please mod the parent up. He's making a very good point that is worth listening to. Let's consider for a moment, that maybe the solution to schooling is not to remove religion, but to open the floodgates to all beliefs. Isn't that what this country is based on?
As a matter of disclosure, I am not a fan of the Jesuits or their teachings. Yet that doesn't mean that I'm going to tell the parent poster to shut up. He has his beliefs, I have mine, and every other slashdotter has theirs. To misuse authority and powers given to you to silence those that disagree, is petty.
Again, please mod the parent up for making a well thought out point based on very real and observable effects.
Agreed. I've always said that making schools a religion free zone is just as bad as requiring everyone to pray to the Christian God. The constitution provides freedom to practice the religion of your choice, not a guarantee that you will never be exposed to someone else's religion.
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As a matter of disclosure, I am not a fan of the Jesuits or their teachings. Yet that doesn't mean that I'm going to tell the parent poster to shut up. He has his beliefs, I have mine, and every other slashdotter has theirs. To misuse authority and powers given to you to silence those that disagree, is petty.
Again, please mod the parent up for making a well thought out point based on very real and observable effects.
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