The Absurd GOP

[The Grand Nudger]

We had an elective I took in my school like that....

Myth and Legend......

I went to Catholic school and took World Religions.  From what I understand the school was more forward thinking back then.  My understanding is they aren't as liberal as they were in the 70s.

Depends on who's running it.  Jesuit order and sacred heart schools have become more liberal since the 70s.  Also more successful.  The church's current dilemma.  The secular world speaks more loudly and more compelling even in their own congregations.  That's why they're refocusing their efforts on non-nominal immigrant demographics here in the us. AKA brown people. Not going well there either. Takes two generations tops for behavioral naturalization - and..in the us, that includes secular values. Two basic choices, they can import an ever increasing number or migrants children to backfill the native loss and somehow game the us gov into paying for it (they've been successful here) - or - they can raise the price. If they raise the price, they lose the immigrant demographic and have to cater to the nominal catholic secular market - which demands a more liberal product.

The long and short, if you were interested in paying exorbitant amounts of money to send your kid to..say..a biology denying classroom - then you have better options outside of the rcc - though the rcc does operate schools that cater to that niche. The rcc as a whole positioned itself somewhere in the midst of tradition and the necessities of wealth in education...so that they could pay their bills (insomuch as they do). I'd have sent my daughter to a private catholic high school if we could have found one within a reasonable distance and the right price point.