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Catholic schools here are public, they are funded as much as public secular schools.

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by Nick86 on 05/17/2008 02:06:17 PM EST

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So in effect (none / 0)
a sect of the Christian religion has become state sponsored religion. The minute the state starts paying for a religion. Well you get the drift.

Are buddhist, muslim. taoist hindu native american religions sponsored to? Or just certain christian ones.

by Chinese Democracy on 05/17/2008 08:31:51 PM EST

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Yes (none / 0)
But I disagree with your conclusion, the state may pay for the education but I the rest of the logic is not there. Canada is not a theocracy, especially not a Catholic theocracy. The US has more in common with the Catholic Church's dogma than we do. The other schools I believe are not funded, or if they are, they are funded at much lower levels. Only Catholics get the equal funding that secular school do. 

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by Nick86 on 05/18/2008 02:43:20 AM EST

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If the state sponsors (none / 0)
a certain religion... its state sponsored religion.. theocracy or not.. right?

by Chinese Democracy on 05/18/2008 03:37:02 PM EST

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Loaded terms (none / 0)

The idea of "state sponsorship" means, to me at least, the state actively propagating the religion. The Canadian state does not propagate Catholicism as the state's religion, but it does support the funding of the Catholic school board (at least in Ontario), which begs the question, is that state sponsorship? To me, at least, the idea of state sponsorship is more akin to Iran or Saudi Arabia than Canada. I do not personally believe that merely funding the school board means that the state sponsors the religion, especially considering that the Catholic school board is still forced to teach secular issues like evolution (which we learned). The only substantive difference is that we prayed, had class on Christianity and eventually "world religions", we were taught sex education with a more religious bent, and we had a in-house priest and chapel. Now it all depends on how you define, "state sponsorship" and what values you put into the term. 

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by Nick86 on 05/18/2008 04:02:35 PM EST

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Yea its a loaded term (none / 0)
and its one that applies

by Chinese Democracy on 05/19/2008 04:05:17 AM EST

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Reintroducing "God" inside the schools...interesting. How? And why? | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 hidden)