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Originally Posted by Chris
"religion" has a place in State funded education because "religion" was running schools long before the State realised that educating children rather than forcing them down mines or up chimneys was probably a good idea.
The State, thankfully, is still tolerant of the idea that religious morality creates, on the whole, a positive environment in which to educate children. And the State, thankfully, intervenes when extremists tamper with exam papers, as was the case at the Jewish school the other week.
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A positive environment where accepted scientific concepts such as evolution aren't mentioned because the school's preferred big book of magic stuff disagrees with it?
If the religious want religious schools then they can pay for them out of their own funds. The CofE/Judaism/Catholocism etc. aren't short of a bob or two.
And I'm willing to bet that the biggest bonus of "faith" status for a school isn't its "positive environment", more the "positive vetting" it can then apply in its admissions policy.