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Irish schools don't allow atheist couples kids in
November 13, 2015 at 4:56 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2015 at 4:57 am by Fake Messiah.)
Irish school places proving a headache for parents of unbaptized children
She said she has applied without success to 15 local schools - Catholic, Church of Ireland, Methodist and Jewish - for a place for Reuben.
Why? Because he is not baptized and not a member of any religion in a state where the churches control 96% of all schools and give preference to their members rather than to local children.
"These are state-funded schools, so, we're frustrated and very angry."
Paddy, a barrister, says it is unconstitutional to discriminate against children like his, and he has 16,000 signatures seeking a change in the law."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34772148
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RE: Irish schools don't allow atheist couples kids in
November 13, 2015 at 5:05 am
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That's Ireland for you!
In the UK we also have religious schools which are mostly state funded and who are allowed to discriminate on admissions based on a nebulous concept of 'belief' (basically parents who mostly lie about their religious background or jump through the hoops of getting their child accepted into the school's admissions process).
It's a massive stain on the UK (and Ireland), two of the most developed states in the world, to have an education system which is still based on an archaic and outdated concept of controlled admissions based on belief. Utterly ridiculous.
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RE: Irish schools don't allow atheist couples kids in
November 13, 2015 at 5:12 am
They're state funded, the state has an obligation provide realistically accessible education to the children of citizens. If the church still tries to block them maybe it's time to rethink the percentage of schools they run.
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RE: Irish schools don't allow atheist couples kids in
November 13, 2015 at 8:28 am
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Ugh, what utter shit. It is a real embarrassment. The whole idea of "faith schools" is a revolting concept.
Isn't indoctrination at home and at church enough? They need it rammed down their throat while they're trying to learn, too? How pathetic.
It's an irrelevant and untestable criteria for a place of education.
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RE: Irish schools don't allow atheist couples kids in
November 13, 2015 at 2:32 pm
It stinks!
Religion should be left to the church, schools are for educating kids with facts not myths
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