tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post474268283740384855..comments2023-10-06T06:29:02.689-04:00Comments on A Bright Cape: A Catholic nationSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-88846914801995648752010-04-02T00:45:26.481-04:002010-04-02T00:45:26.481-04:00Forget home schooling. Check this out from the On...Forget home schooling. Check this out from the Onion<br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/increasing-number-of-parents-opting-to-have-childr,17159/Matt Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532354277848905275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-27568788745520210742010-03-19T17:17:14.504-04:002010-03-19T17:17:14.504-04:00Since people are allowed to home school their chil...Since people are allowed to home school their children I can't see any way to prevent religious indoctrination during childhood. When Canada finally does away with Catholic school boards that are publicly funded nearly all the students will go straight into regular public schools and a few will get sent to private religious schools. Nothing we can do about that, like it or not.<br /><br />I do like the chant though. Governments have no business being involved in religion whatsoever.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-56645678157860786812010-03-18T02:24:52.256-04:002010-03-18T02:24:52.256-04:00NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION!!!!!
(I...NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION!!!!!<br />(I'm planning on making this into a T-Shirt before the next provincial election)<br /><br />I think that the Catholic Boards should kick out all the students of divorced parents. That would show them. HA!<br /><br />The resounding defeat of John Tory in the last provincial election (didn't even win his OWN seat) after he brought in "publicly funded religious schools for everyone" platform shows that there is not public support for the idea of publicly funded religious education. Seems that most politicians feel that rocking the catholic board boat would be too much trouble though (The "I went to Catholic school and turned out just fine" mentality).<br /><br />In the next provincial election we need to MAKE politicians talk about this issue. Write to newspapers. Show up at debates and ask pointed questions. Volunteer in campaigns if they support your views. LET'S DO IT!!! NO MORE PUBLIC MONEY FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.<br /><br />(FYI - I've decided that I'm fine with people paying for their own religious schools. I don't LOVE it, but if they want to pay for it themselves ... go for it.)Matt Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532354277848905275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-86671223244832407172010-03-13T23:04:31.826-05:002010-03-13T23:04:31.826-05:00Given that the Catholic School Board expels people...Given that the Catholic School Board expels people for the behaviour of their relatives in private I think you are well justified in wanting to stay the hell away from them. I surely would not want my child involved in that mass of hypocrisy.<br /><br />It is perhaps socially unacceptable to bash religion in public, but I have taken to doing that more and more of late regardless. My feeling on the issue is that if religions stay out of public life completely then I will happily keep my opinions to myself. Until then, game on.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-79056787222160406712010-03-11T17:55:36.489-05:002010-03-11T17:55:36.489-05:00Lucky kids, to be expelled from the Catholic Schoo...Lucky kids, to be expelled from the Catholic School Board... oh, is it politically and socially incorrect to say that? Oops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-179172284422733522010-03-11T13:05:57.171-05:002010-03-11T13:05:57.171-05:00This situation could easily be compared to the sit...This situation could easily be compared to the situation with marijuana in the US. Marijuana is non addictive unlike alcohol/nicotine/caffeine and isn't more harmful than any of those others yet it is a 'drug' and thus illegal. If marijuana were legal in the US and someone were trying to build a case to outlaw marijuana it would be hopeless. There simply wouldn't be any support for outlawing a substance that is less addictive/harmful than a thousand substances you can purchase in your local drugstore.<br /><br />However, because marijuana is currently illegal actually getting that changed is a huge problem. Politicians won't take a stand for it because of the loss of votes so it remains unchanged. The situation with Catholic school boards is comparable in that although no one can justify the current situation no one in power is willing to step up and force the change.<br /><br />If Catholic school boards in Canada did not exist and someone tried to start them up it would be laughed at. Unfortunately that doesn't create the political will to remove them.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-39864926056493941792010-03-11T12:53:48.297-05:002010-03-11T12:53:48.297-05:00Canada essentially does have similar laws, but the...Canada essentially does have similar laws, but the existence of Catholic school boards in enshrined in the constitution of our province. Basically in a clash of constitutions, the specific trumps the general, so the part that says there are catholic schools overwhelms the more general statement that you can't do things like having catholic schools.<br /><br />Of course the history of this is that at the time this clause was created the non-catholic schools were protestant schools. We're obviously way past that now, and it is interesting to me that the existence of catholic schools was largely there to appease French Canadians, but Quebec has already done away with separate schools.<br /><br />In reality, catholic schools are going to go away, but it will take a while. I think this case is one of the ones that will push it along. These people will likely take the school board to court and the school board will lose, eroding their ability to actually inflict catholicism on their students a little further. One day Catholic school boards will be Catholic in name only and then we will actually be able to get rid of them.<br /><br />Unfortunately education politics in Ontario is very heated and very far from anything that resembles reasonable thought.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-69576576943093249792010-03-10T16:48:47.593-05:002010-03-10T16:48:47.593-05:00I agree with you 100%. In America, it is illegal t...I agree with you 100%. In America, it is illegal to use public funds to benefit a religious institution, especially schools. If anyone were to be caught funding a religious institution with public funds, the public outcry would be swift and extremely furious.<br /><br />I'm honestly quite surprised Canada doesn't have similar laws.Joelnoreply@blogger.com