Religious instruction didn't exist in public schools for a long time in this state. I cannot fathom what was in the minds of the politicians when they made the decision to introduce it, but it is screamingly obvious that it must be reversed.
Obviously, I don't have any problem with references to religion in history or even, if it has sufficient merit, literature. I would even be happy with reference to religious traditions in a secular ethics and civics class.
In this particular case the U.S. I believe is ahead of what is happening in Victoria. I specify Victoria rather than Australia, because of the particular localisation we have here. Oddly enough, it was Victoria which had the slogan "free, secular and compulsory" for over one hundred years as its absolute foundation.
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Date: 2012-02-12 08:57 pm (UTC)Obviously, I don't have any problem with references to religion in history or even, if it has sufficient merit, literature. I would even be happy with reference to religious traditions in a secular ethics and civics class.
In this particular case the U.S. I believe is ahead of what is happening in Victoria. I specify Victoria rather than Australia, because of the particular localisation we have here. Oddly enough, it was Victoria which had the slogan "free, secular and compulsory" for over one hundred years as its absolute foundation.