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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.

Pretty much how it worked in NORTHERN IRELAND, not ENGLAND. 

Going to Catholic school was an option, not a requirement. We went because 1) the parochial school was closer, 2) the quality of education was better, and 3) it made Mum happy.

Boru

Eastern Iowa for me - the Catholic school was closer, the quality of education better and classes smaller, and grandma was happy about it.

Oh, and dad thought it was a good business decision since about 99.9% of his clients were Catholic.