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Lord Lucan
Lord Lucan
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Re: Blasphemy law abolished
Mar 10, 2008, 10:32
The reason religious schools were brought up in this discussion is because during his time as Prime Minister, Tony Blair made it a personal crusade (natch) to increase the number of state-funded religious schools. This is contrary to the direction the majority of this country's citizens are moving in. It's also completely alien to our neighbours in Europe who are all moving in the opposite direction. France for example has had a separation of state and religion since the 18th Century.

Basically Blair has made this an issue in this country. Personally I think it's a retrograde step and is not good for integration etc. How can comparative religion be taught in any school that has as one of its basic tenets that it teaches the 'one true religion'? How does that advance the pluralist and (relatively) tolerant society we are living in here?

Religious indoctrination has no place in a state-funded school, in my opinion.
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