Each and every one of these gets multiple :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
from me.

with kind regards,
*Paul Robinson*

about.me/pauljrobinson


On 13 January 2014 22:35, philipjohn <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In education.md:
>
> > \ No newline at end of file
> > +What policies should we propose to give our children a good education?
> > +
> > +## Secular Schools
> > +
> > +50% of the British public identify as having no religion, and this number is growing[1] but over half of all state funded schools have a religious character[2], including over 4,500 Church of England schools. It has been demonstrated that faith schools are religiously selective, excluding those of other or no faith[3].
> > +
> > +Therefore, we will mandate that all state-funded schools be secular in nature.
> > +
> > +No state funded school will be permitted to admit students based on religiosity.
> > +
> > +We will end compulsory worship in schools.
> > +
> > +State-funded faith schools will also lose their exemption to equalities legislation, preventing them from practising religious discrimination in their employment policies.
>
> Hmm I think not, because what I didn't want to do is say "there can be no
> faith schools" because suddenly be 56% of state-funded schools would be in
> limbo. Instead, this allows there to be faith schools but in name only,
> removing any of the proselytising or discriminatory elements. You can still
> send your kid to St. Andrews Church of England Primary School (if there is
> such a school) but knowing it is, by law, secular. And religions can still
> open and run schools as part of their "community outreach/responsibility"
> efforts.
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