[Russ]

I often find it interesting how, when teens get in to serious trouble and end up killing others (like that Columbine massacre a few years back) we get so many people saying "Well where was your God that day?", even though it's usually the very same parents who have fought to keep religious studies out of their kids' schools in the first place.

This borders slightly on the other topic about RE. If the only thing that kids will learn from such classes is love and tolerance for all then I can't see it being a bad thing. I'm not saying all kids should be brought up as Christians (even though I'd prefer the world that way, I'm not naive enough to think that would be the instant cure for everything) but the traits which should be basic tenets of all faiths (love, patience, understanding) IMO are essential to all forms of schooling.