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Originally Posted by weenie
RE is taught at my son's school but the school does give a choice and if you do not your child involved for example there is a boy who is a Jehvovah witness and he does not get involved with the Christmas play etc and that is fine, I do not think religion should be forced on anyone. |
Interesting post. Have another read of it. The boy is a Jehovah's Witness so doesn't get involved with many things that are actually more cultural than religious things now.
Really the boy is no more a Jehovah's Witness than he is a Labour, Conservative or UKIP voter. His parents are and are forcing their beliefs on him.
That's a debate for another time though, whether offending a parents' beliefs is an adequate reason for wanting exemption from their children. I have certainly never restricted my daughter from any activity, secular or religious, as it's important for her to try everything and at no point have I attempted to impress my own secularism or humanism on her. She can make up her own mind when she chooses to.