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Originally Posted by troutman
Religion course to remain mandatory in Quebec
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19393196.html
Quebec's controversial ethics and religion course doesn't violate freedom of religion and will remain mandatory, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
In a 9-0 ruling, the court rejected arguments from a Quebec family who said their children shouldn't be forced to learn about religions other than their own.
The court said exposing children to a wide range of religions doesn't force them to follow any of the faiths.
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Good decision by the courts. Learning about the customs and beliefs of the major world religions should be a mandatory part of every student's history or social studies curriculum regardless of the family's beliefs be they Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or atheist or anything else.
What isn't acceptable, however, is promoting one religion as being more valid than others (or non-belief) or teaching faith-based nonsense like "intelligent design" as part of the science curriculum either in conjunction with or as a replacement to the theory of evolution. Thankfully that's not happening in Quebec's public schools.