Religious classes should be permitted in public schools.

First of all, I would like to explain how my opponent did not debate his reason on why these classes should be banned. Furthermore, he is not following the rules I have given, considering he treated this class as an elective. If my opponent continues to go against the rules, I urge the voters to deduct 7 points. Rebuttals: "Your highschools is going against the Constitution then, also I have plenty evidence of the Engel v. Vitale, my sources are: . http://en.wikipedia.org...... . http://www.infoplease.com...; No they are not first of all. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. It can easily be edited. Secondly, there are plenty of religious classes in Canada. Here is an example or the plan of one of the high schools, and as you can see, religion is a course there. . https://www.wcdsb.ca... "If the Engel v. Vitale case banned OPTIONAL religious school prayers than what hope does a religious class have. " First of all, you forgot the "? " at the end. Anyway, the chance of religious classes being in school is quite a huge one, since as I have already mentioned, there are classes in Canada with religion involved. "An extracurricular activity does not relate to schools. " Extracurriculars are activities to do in school, therefore related to school. " Also a religious class is defined as a class that studies the beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles of a religion. " Once again, no proof backing this up, and furthermore it can also be about several religions. I have already explained this. "Many people in the U. S. A are Christian, if the bible helped so much, why do they still steal. " No proof backing this up once again. Also you forgot the "? " again. And the reason for being such is because people make mistakes. The bible is there to remind them of the consequences. "Actually, also its a small amount of people that steal, and most of the people who don't steal learned not to in kindergarten, not by reading the bible. " No proof supporting this, and the bible is a constant reminder. I don't think you carry around kindergarten with you. "How would a class on religion promote diversity? Diversity is defined as the state of being varied/different. Sure you know that a Christian worships Jesus, that doesn't make the population varied. " But religion classes are about various religions, thereby showing a variety of religions and cultures, therefore promoting diversity! Read my arguments properly before responding, and you would understand such. "Also how does teaching a child about a religion help them more? " I explained all of this already! Read my arguments. It promotes diversity, gives constant reminders of consequences, and helps people have knowledge of religions around the world. "Even though many White and African Americans practice the same religion, they still hate each other, how that supposed to change through a religious class? Also racism is based of your race, not skin color, as I said early Africans and Whites hate each other, and they are both Christian. " This is a racist inappropriate hasty generalization. This is completely wrong. This is unacceptable behaviour, and should be reported. "Also laws enforce that violence and fear cannot be used to force someone to convert from one religion to another, this makes it safe for people to practice there religions. " Religion classes are not necessarily to convert people, but to give them an understanding of a religion. "Also how would religious education stop racism, if you have kids who were raised by parents who are racist? " It doesn't, when did I mention that? Religion is a good way to tell the students that hating others for their colour of skin is wrong. " In fact one of the leading causes for racism is that kids had this idea told to them by there parents over and over because parents have the most influence " This is irrelevant to the concept, along with almost everything in the round you just posted. None of this has to do with anything on why religious classes in schools should be banned. It only explains how they would not be beneficial, even though as I have already mentioned they are. Now that I have rendered all my opponent's irrelevant, racist, ungrammatical arguments invalid, I will continue with my arguments. ARGUMENTS: There is nothing wrong with religious classes in school. It does not negatively affect anyone, especially if it is optional. People should have the right to join a religious class if they wan't to. Since it does no harm, there is no reason to which it should be banned. I continue to give small arguments since my opponent does not counter my previous arguments. Furthermore, he is constantly explaining irrelevant points, incapable of relating to the topic, on why religious classes should be banned. He goes against the rules established, has terrible grammar, and posted an inappropriate, racist comment of hate. His points have unreliable sources backing them up. :D