Parents apparently have the right to withdraw their children if they wish and sixth formers can choose for themselves, however my view is that withdrawal of young children from a majority activity and the obvious stigma that would be associated with this is probably more harmful than just going along with it and simply teaching the child to think for themselves, evaluate the evidence and come to their own conclusions.
What I found encouraging about the program was that the pro-worship side had utterly dismal arguments, easily on a par with Piers Morgan, some of them are repeated in the on-line article, for example The Bishop of Oxford seems to think that forcing people to pray together makes a statement about cohesion, what nonsense, if you look up the word "divisiveness" in the dictionary it says "see religion". The solution seems obvious to me religion (or any similar cultural hobby) should not be a mandatory part of any state school timetable unless it's being taught comparatively to everyone, the law should be changed.
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I didn't know about this, Steve, until the hub sent me the BBC story about it, knowing I would find it interesting. Glad my kid is not at a state school, even if most them ignore this foolishness.
They certainly should change the law, but you know how people are uncomfortable with dealing with this kind of thing. Easier to ignore it.
Lisa, most private ones are more adherent in my experience, my kids have "chapel" every day! - totally agree about most people not wanting to cause a "fuss", especially the English!
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