What's up with Ireland?

[TrueChristian]

[Minimalist]

[Pat Mustard]

[Pat Mustard]

DUBLIN — The Roman Catholic Church has lost the battles over divorce, contraception and gay marriage in Ireland. But it still wields what some parents call the “baptism barrier”: influencing admission to public schools.

Judging by their track record it looks like they are going to go 0 for 4.  Good to see the church take it up the ass..... although the pervs probably like it.

I wouldn't be sure that the rcc still hasn't a long future in the schools. Education is by far the most conservative department in the state, no wonder when you spend eight years in religious primary school, 6 in religious secondary school, and 4 in religious university (all teacher training colleges in Ireland are run by religious orders). Primary schools have to spend half an hour a day on religious instruction, plus the month each in 94% os schools for communion and confirmation, thats nearly two whole years learning about Jebus.

Recently a secular group were denied the right to patron a state funded school in Cork. If they were successful they would have been the first state school (outside of third level) without a religious ethos to inform every decision.

[dyresand]

Judging by their track record it looks like they are going to go 0 for 4.  Good to see the church take it up the ass..... although the pervs probably like it.

I wouldn't be sure that the rcc still hasn't a long future in the schools. Education is by far the most conservative department in the state, no wonder when you spend eight years in religious primary school, 6 in religious secondary school, and 4 in religious university (all teacher training colleges in Ireland are run by religious orders). Primary schools have to spend half an hour a day on religious instruction, plus the month each in 94% os schools for communion and confirmation, thats nearly two whole years learning about Jebus.

Recently a secular group were denied the right to patron a state funded school in Cork. If they were successful they would have been the first state school (outside of third level) without a religious ethos to inform every decision.

I agree rrc doesn't have much of a future in schools considering this is the technological age kids can just google find out what their being taught
is  bs. As far as the secular group being denied i am not surprised that happen the church is still trying to hold what little power they have still.

[Minimalist]

I wouldn't be sure that the rcc still hasn't a long future in the schools.

The men in dresses probably thought that about gay marriage, too.  They are being overwhelmed by a tide of secularism.  Good.  Fuck the church.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

[Ravenshire]

You should be ashamed of yourself, TC.  

Boru

As has been made painfully apparent by his constant shit-posting, TC has no shame.

[MTL]

I am not sure what they have against the Catholic faith at all really.

Do you know ANYTHING about Irish history???????????

There's been several movies, you could watch, but to start with:

"Song for a Raggy Boy"

"The Magdalene Sisters"

there's more books than I can count;

start with "Trinity" by Leon Uris.

[Homeless Nutter]

From what I have noticed, Ireland has abandoned their Catholic faith to a large degree.

Why is that? [...]

Because people all over the world are slowly becoming wise to the Christian bullsh*t. Get used to it - it will continue to happen, because even the best scam can't go on forever.

If you don't want your precious child-buggering club to die out completely - you need to f*ck your mother more often, so that she quiffs out some more syphilitic retards, like yourself. Good luck.