Posted: May 18, 2011 10:04 am
Very interesting article, Weaver. Or should I say frustrating and annoying. I face a similar battle as I (and others) lobby to get religious education transmuted into 'human beliefs and values' education. I can't tell you how many times I've been told "religious education is about religion; you've got citizenship". Well, citizenship education isn't just for atheists is it? No. Plus, I was just at a school where an atheist parent had said to a teacher that her son had come home saying "so-and-so is Muslim, so-and-so is Christian and I am nothing!!" (It's a school where 45% of the kids come from Muslim homes, 33% Christian and 16% non-religious.)
It's both the lack of parity and similar need that I would have thought are the issues. I really hope the US armed services wise up.
It's both the lack of parity and similar need that I would have thought are the issues. I really hope the US armed services wise up.