I just don't understand why these people can't send their kids to their churches for religous education. Having public schools stand down on religous education does not mean that parents are prohibited from providing their kids with religous instruction through their own churches. This is called parenting.
One reason why people like myself and paka are so deadset against public funding going to any religous education is the fact that protestant christianity in this country has a history of agressive proslytesizng and ignoring laws. Furthermore, terms like Protestant Republic have a dark and sinister history, having been used as rallying point first for Nativist Parties and then by the Ku Klux Klan as a way to appeal to wider audience. Maybe churches in Canada have a live and let live policy towards other faiths, but things here in the US have never been so civilized despite our strong constitutional protections. Mainline churches are not the problem, but much of the modern evangelical movment regards democracy as toilet paper; use it once and throw it away. So I don't want any of my money going to religion.
The practical problem with having protestant magnet schools is the trends towards Christian Nationalism or Protestant Separation might be a better term. Any accredited school would have to follow a state approved curriculum on secular subjects. The problem is that many of the religous sepratists would flat out refuse to teach scientific ideas they disagree with like Evolution, some kinds of set theory, geology and anyting that else goes against their narrow(and very flawed) interpretation of genesis. Now if they want to screw their kids out of a proper education for religous reasons, that's fine. Just don't expect my money to fund their substandard education.
I think the overarching problem in the US is that without a Soviet Union or other polorar opposite to define ourselves against, we simply aren't a nation. We can't agree on even the most fundamental notion what constitutes a proper education.
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Date: 2006-08-17 09:04 pm (UTC)One reason why people like myself and
The practical problem with having protestant magnet schools is the trends towards Christian Nationalism or Protestant Separation might be a better term. Any accredited school would have to follow a state approved curriculum on secular subjects. The problem is that many of the religous sepratists would flat out refuse to teach scientific ideas they disagree with like Evolution, some kinds of set theory, geology and anyting that else goes against their narrow(and very flawed) interpretation of genesis. Now if they want to screw their kids out of a proper education for religous reasons, that's fine. Just don't expect my money to fund their substandard education.
I think the overarching problem in the US is that without a Soviet Union or other polorar opposite to define ourselves against, we simply aren't a nation. We can't agree on even the most fundamental notion what constitutes a proper education.