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Government Program Requires Public/private/religious Schools To Teach That All Religions Are Equally Valid

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A dispute over whether government can require Catholic schools to teach Wiccan and pagan rites as equal to the Ten Commandments and the resurrection of Jesus is heading to Canada’s highest court.

“Faith-based educational institutions should be free to live and operate according to the faith they teach and espouse,” said Gerald Chipeur, Q.C., of the Canadian firm Miller Thompson LLP.

“If the government can force Loyola High School to violate its faith, then the government can do the same to others,” said Chipeur, a  lawyer affiliated with the Alliance Defending Freedom.

The battle is over a government program adopted in Quebec in 2008 called “Ethics and Religious Culture” that is mandatory for all public and private schools. It presents all religions, from Christianity to Wiccan, “as equally valid” and requires schools to teach the beliefs in that fashion.

It also bans teachers, including those at private, denominational or church schools, from expressing their opinion that their own school’s faith is preferred.

The government order was challenged by Loyola High School, which is run by the Jesuits, a Roman Catholic order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola. The school provides an education that is “publicly faithful to the authoritative teachings of the Catholic church.”

ADF filed a brief with the Supreme Court of Canada in support of the Catholic school after the court granted permission for other denominations to present arguments in the case.

The school had asked not to be exempted from the required teachings but to be allowed to make modifications in support of its religious faith.

“This school does not object to educating students about the diversity of faiths and what makes each faith distinctive, but the government should not require a Catholic school to tell its students that the Catholic faith is no more valid than a myriad of conflicting faith traditions,” said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Brett Harvey. “All faith-based institutions must be free to speak and act consistently with their faith.”

 

Christians ordered to teach Wiccan, pagan rites Court to rule on government's decision to control religion classes

 

 

 

Canadian.  More specifically 'Quebecian' (Quebecois?).  Too close for comfort.

Calm Grand Master

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I find this hard to believe. I will wait for confirmation.

Did you actually lookat the articles on that website?

BCSpace Grand Master

BCSpace

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Did you actually look at the articles on that website?

 

 

Yes I did.  I believe the OP link is fixed now too.

 

I find this hard to believe. I will wait for confirmation.

 

That the government has an "Ethics and Religious Culture" (ERC) program, passed in 2008, and that the Supreme Court will hear a case against it from Loyola High School in Montreal is beyond dispute.

Buzzard Mentor

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They can haul me to the electric chair if they want but I stand by the statement: "Wiccans are idiots."

Funny, my Wiccans I have encountered are hedonists. The whole chasing each other through the forest at Summer Solstice thing. 

ERayR Grand Master

ERayR

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" When h311 freezes over" , it will all be one big slippery slope !

 

I have reason to believe it has already frozen.

BCSpace Grand Master

BCSpace

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And some actually believe there is no slippery slope.

 

We're already speaking of the possibility of not performing the civil side of marriages in temples to avoid being forced to perform SSM.

The Nehor Grand Master

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We're already speaking of the possibility of not performing the civil side of marriages in temples to avoid being forced to perform SSM.

 

By "we" you mean random people on the internet. This does not mean the threat is real. I know random people on the internet who believe our satellite launches are to get more mind-control lasers in orbit.

cdowis Grand Master

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"slippery slope"

 

Under the guise of Obamacare, government regulations now require vending machines to display nutritional info for each product.

thesometimesaint Grand Master

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"slippery slope"

 

Under the guise of Obamacare, government regulations now require vending machines to display nutritional info for each product.

It is not part of the ACA it is a function of the FDA.

It's calories. Typical soft drinks has about 120 calories per can, candy bars about 250 calories per bar.

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The Nehor Grand Master

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No.  I mean serious discussion by intelligent people.

I disrespectfully disagree. People who have no say in the matter are discussing it as if it is being considered. It is frivolous, not serious. At to them thinking they are intelligent I refer you to the "Dunning-Kruger Effect".

thesometimesaint Grand Master

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I disrespectfully disagree. People who have no say in the matter are discussing it as if it is being considered. It is frivolous, not serious. At to them thinking they are intelligent I refer you to the "Dunning-Kruger Effect".

 

But but my nonsense is better than your good sense. ;)

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