Advent Time

[LostLocke]

In our region there are no special schools for Catholics or Protestants.
We have done away with that kind of separation or segregation long ago.

It must be very backward regions, where that segregation still exists.
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I don't know how it works for him in England, but in the US this isn't "segregation".

Here, the government, ie public schools, aren't supposed to teach any religion to be "true". Religious, or parochial, schools are set up by the churches so kids can get their general education and religious education in one place. Some people opt not to do this and just send their kids to public school and let the religion education take place in church. Whether to have religious schools or not is up to each church or religion to decide for itself, and it isn't *supposed* to receive public funding.

I don't consider this setup to be backwards, but rather somewhat progressive.