Funding Religious Schools
“Education should remain separate from religion”
Public Funding of Religious schools
Everybody likes to go their own way, to choose their own time and manner of devotion. Canadians have many beliefs and values that vary indifferently from person to person. We try to fit the needs and values of many in the Canadian law system, known as multi-cultural. We have two main languages and many people of all different ethnicities. With different ethnicities, come different religions which can cause great controversy as differences meet. There are so many religions in Canada, most of the Christian faith, but many large religions can also include Judaism and Islam. Many adults would like to raise their children as the faith that they, themselves belong to. Parents want to educate their children in a religious form as well. Canada does have Catholic, Christian schools that can be attended by anyone that shares religious belief. The government should not put public funding into religious schools. Public schools should have the same basic morals as any religious school has. Having some religious schools causes controversy for other Christians, Jewish, Islamic faiths that would like to attend religious schools. There are just too many religions to include a school for every religion in Canada. Schools need to include everyone in order to teach children about discrimination and racism. Funding religious schools costs on average half a billion dollars per year thus being too costly. Education should remain separate from religion. Religion can be taught at home and in church.
Publically funding religious schools is a slippery slope. If the government is to fund Catholics, who is not to say that the Jewish and the Islamic should have their own faith based school to attend, that educates in a Jewish or Islamic stand point. “An estimated 2000 Jews live in Saskatchewan, but there are currently no Jewish day schools in the
Public Funding of Religious schools
Everybody likes to go their own way, to choose their own time and manner of devotion. Canadians have many beliefs and values that vary indifferently from person to person. We try to fit the needs and values of many in the Canadian law system, known as multi-cultural. We have two main languages and many people of all different ethnicities. With different ethnicities, come different religions which can cause great controversy as differences meet. There are so many religions in Canada, most of the Christian faith, but many large religions can also include Judaism and Islam. Many adults would like to raise their children as the faith that they, themselves belong to. Parents want to educate their children in a religious form as well. Canada does have Catholic, Christian schools that can be attended by anyone that shares religious belief. The government should not put public funding into religious schools. Public schools should have the same basic morals as any religious school has. Having some religious schools causes controversy for other Christians, Jewish, Islamic faiths that would like to attend religious schools. There are just too many religions to include a school for every religion in Canada. Schools need to include everyone in order to teach children about discrimination and racism. Funding religious schools costs on average half a billion dollars per year thus being too costly. Education should remain separate from religion. Religion can be taught at home and in church.
Publically funding religious schools is a slippery slope. If the government is to fund Catholics, who is not to say that the Jewish and the Islamic should have their own faith based school to attend, that educates in a Jewish or Islamic stand point. “An estimated 2000 Jews live in Saskatchewan, but there are currently no Jewish day schools in the